GIS and Disease Monitoring

GIS and Disease Monitorin" rel="nofollow">ing Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Practice Management System (PMS) in" rel="nofollow">integrations are complex from a technical and busin" rel="nofollow">iness logic layer perspective. Additional systems, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Radiological Information Systems (RIS), and Picture Archivin" rel="nofollow">ing and Communication Systems (PACS) can add tremendous value but even greater complexity. A GIS is a computer-based system for the capture, storage, retrieval, analysis, and display of spatial data. The geovisualization of data is an important component of health care IT analytical processes especially as they apply to disease management and surveillance. A Radiology Information System (RIS) is responsible for managin" rel="nofollow">ing and distributin" rel="nofollow">ing patient radiological data and imagery. An RIS also possesses patient schedulin" rel="nofollow">ing, report generation, billin" rel="nofollow">ing, and image trackin" rel="nofollow">ing capabilities. Picture Archivin" rel="nofollow">ing and Communication Systems (PACS) enable digital storage of radiology images and remote access. These systems can be used to help monitor and manage disease outbreaks, and they can also be used to discern patterns from health data. In this Discussion, you will look at how these systems can monitor health issues related to child abuse. To prepare for this discussion, read the followin" rel="nofollow">ing from your course text Health Information: Management of a Strategic Resource: • Chapter 6, “Electronic Health Record Systems” Research the Internet for in" rel="nofollow">information about EHRs, PMS, GIS, RIS, and PACS. The followin" rel="nofollow">ing Web sites may be helpful: • What is GIS? • • U.S. Department of the Interior - U.S. Geographic Survey • Unfortunately, child abuse is a problem in" rel="nofollow">in many countries, and within" rel="nofollow">in the United States it is on the rise. It is estimated that more than 4 million cases of child abuse occur each year and many victims are younger than 5 years of age. Common radiological signs of abuse in" rel="nofollow">include long bone, rib, and skull fractures, subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhage (blood clots on brain" rel="nofollow">in), cerebral edema (brain" rel="nofollow">in swellin" rel="nofollow">ing), and abdomin" rel="nofollow">inal in" rel="nofollow">injury (especially to duodenum and pancreas). • How might a GIS-enhanced RIS platform provide child abuse social service caseworkers with in" rel="nofollow">information of value to their work? • What value might a GIS-enhanced application provide to a RIS platform? • What value would be derived from fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ing clusters of child-related fractures within" rel="nofollow">in a given narrow geography due to a GIS-enhanced RIS application? • In what other ways is a GIS-enhanced application valuable within" rel="nofollow">in the framework of disease monitorin" rel="nofollow">ing and management? • What IT considerations are there with the in" rel="nofollow">integration of GIS, RIS, and PACS? • Resources Overview Durin" rel="nofollow">ing Week 2, you will use a variety of resources, both required and supplemental, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing selections from the course text, Web resources and a video. The Weekly Schedule (a navigation lin" rel="nofollow">ink under Week 2) outlin" rel="nofollow">ines the resources you will need to participate in" rel="nofollow">in the Discussion and complete the Application and the Group Project. This page contain" rel="nofollow">ins the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week's assigned Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources. To access select media resources, please use the media players below. ________________________________________ Media Video: Week 2 Overview Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 20 min" rel="nofollow">inutes. This video provides an in" rel="nofollow">introduction to the week's resources and assignments. Accessible player ________________________________________ Readin" rel="nofollow">ing Course Text: Abdelhak, M., & Hanken, M. A. (2016). Health in" rel="nofollow">information: Management of a strategic resource (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier. • Chapter 6, "Electronic Health Record Systems" This chapter explores Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Personal Health Records (PHRs) and the issues and barriers that affect their plannin" rel="nofollow">ing and implementation. Read about standards and in" rel="nofollow">interoperability and what the future likely holds for data management to support the Application and Group Project this week. ________________________________________ Web Resource What is GIS? Access the GIS in" rel="nofollow">information page from the CDC and explore the topical lin" rel="nofollow">inks to help you prepare for the Discussion. ________________________________________ Web Resource Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Homepage This is the Web site for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), which is a professional membership society of medical imagin" rel="nofollow">ing professionals, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and allied scientists. ________________________________________ Web Resource RSNA DICOM Primer This article describes the Digital Imagin" rel="nofollow">ing and Communications in" rel="nofollow">in Medicin" rel="nofollow">ine (DICOM) standard, which has become the predomin" rel="nofollow">inant standard for the communication of medical images. Use the in" rel="nofollow">information found here to support the Group Project. ________________________________________ Web Resource Medisoft PMS Demo This is an onlin" rel="nofollow">ine demonstration of commercial Practice Management System (PMS) software. The demo in" rel="nofollow">indicates that the software helps clin" rel="nofollow">inic staff streamlin" rel="nofollow">ine workflow, speed reimbursement, and reduce denials. ________________________________________ Web Resource U.S. Department of the Interior - U.S. Geographic Survey This is the Web site for the USGS mappin" rel="nofollow">ing sciences page and contain" rel="nofollow">ins lin" rel="nofollow">inks to pages describin" rel="nofollow">ing USGS cartographic and geographic products and programs. Use this site to build your knowledge of the mappin" rel="nofollow">ing sciences. Explore the Education Materials and Fact Sheets on the type of geographic data collected. ________________________________________ Media Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2009). Healthcare IT middleware and in" rel="nofollow">integrated applications [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 min" rel="nofollow">inutes. In this video, Dr. Vin" rel="nofollow">incent Grasso demonstrates the physical settin" rel="nofollow">ing associated with each type of health care IS application such as billin" rel="nofollow">ing, radiology, and the ER. Dr. Grasso discusses the in" rel="nofollow">interface between the systems and the activities that take place in" rel="nofollow">in each settin" rel="nofollow">ing. Accessible player