Check out this Health Information Governance Presentation, designed by the PresentationsPanda. Have you ever wondered why this is important? You will explain the importance of Health Care Information with the use of a doctor named "John". He has to tell his patient, that his health data got mixed up and the wrong medication was used.
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To achieve better quality
care, health information
needs to be shared in an
appropriate way.
Health
Information
Governance
Health Informatics New Zealand. (n.d.). What is Health Informatics?
Retrieved July 1, 2018, from https://www.hinz.org.nz/page/whatishealthinfo?
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What do we need to know?
What kind of information is it?
When was it created and edited?
Where is it stored?
Who has access to the information?
Why do we need it?
How is it saved and protected?
Information Governance. (n.d.). Retrieved
July 1, 2018, from
https://www.searchsecurity.de/definition/Info
rmation-Governance
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Implementation Costs
Challenges with IGPHC
AHIMA (Director). (n.d.). Governance and Stewardship: Everyone's Responsibility[Video file].
Retrieved July 1, 2018, from https://my.ahima.org/store/product?id=64815
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The situation in the health industry
40%
Of organizations report to have no
council, committee, work group and no
plans to implement one
AHIMA (Director). (n.d.). Governance and Stewardship: Everyone's Responsibility[Video file]. Retrieved
July 1, 2018, from https://my.ahima.org/store/product?id=64815
Do you know John? John is a doctor at the local hospital, but he has a hard message to tell today. At the moment he is entering the room of one of his favourite patients. Why? This patient had a tough medical history, but never lost his smile or his sense of humour. He is the #1 in making the hospital laugh. But today, it is not an all too fun day for him…
You don´t want these kinds of situations in your hospital do you? To never mix up, lose or overwirte health information again, you need Information Governance.
You don´t want these kinds of situations in your hospital do you? To never mix up, lose or overwirte health information again, you need Information Governance.
You don´t want these kinds of situations in your hospital do you? To never mix up, lose or overwirte health information again, you need Information Governance.
Data have never moved well across organizational, vendor, and geographic boundaries; resolving this will be foundational to improve patient care as well as payment and delivery reform
– Trust relationships between entities are difficult and costly, and take time to build and nurture;
– Some business practices and revenue models have always tended to reinforce silos;
– Existing models that support exchange are not sufficiently recognized and replicated;
– Implementation guides are not sufficiently specified.
AHIMA defines information governance as an organization- wide framework for managing information throughout its life-cycle and supporting the organization’s strategy, operations, regulatory, legal risk and environmental risks. Their website declares that information governance helps manage and control information by supporting the organization’s activities and ensuring compliance with its duties. AHIMA states that there is a difference between governance and management; “governance sets organizational goals, direction, and limitations, whereas management oversees the day-to-day operations of the organization”. Being that the initiative can be used by any healthcare organization, AHIMA has created eight principles or standards for an organization to adhere to for their own information governance program. These eight principles are known as the “Information Governance Principles for Healthcare (IGPHC)” and are as follows: the principle of accountability, transparency, integrity, protection, compliance, availability, retention and disposition.
While information governance is a great concept, the challenge is getting healthcare institutions to actually implement the principles and standards laid before them. Institutions are aware and realize that data control is an issue and of great concern, but many have not yet established any sort of design or program to control, govern, or harness the information they are receiving. This in turn leaves data out in the open, which can be extremely harmful and dangerous. Data that is not controlled can have dire consequences for all parties involved. Implementing the IGPHC principles should be a priority and a non-negotiable aspect in every healthcare organization. Another concern is the cost factor in implementing an information governance program. An institution will have to update or start using an entirely new system, or software, to make sure that they can control and handle the data that is coming into their establishment. In doing so, the organization may have to look into their budget to see if this is applicable; with smaller facilities, they may not having the capability of doing so, in turn creating a major concern. There will also be an increased cost for security protocols and systems to be put into place, to help regulate the data and keep all information safe from unauthorized entities both inside and outside of the institution. The management and up keep of these systems may come at a higher price as well, depending on the size of the establishment. With the increase in data there is also a need for an increase in storage space. Healthcare facilities will have to know what information needs to be stored and what information can be discarded. Since information is being stored electronically now more than ever, having programs powerful enough to hold such large amounts of data is crucial to an institution’s success. I commend AHIMA for taking the first step in implementing a strategy to handle the overflow of data and its’ management within the healthcare industry. They provided the first stepping stone
Professional Readiness and Opportunity Findings on Adoption – Encouraging! • 44% Have established IG oversight bodies and 16% are in process of establishing them • 44% Report modest or significant IG progress • 38% Have included IG objectives in strategic goals • 36% Have designated senior executive sponsors IG Gaining Traction !
Flip Side, Not Surprising • 40% Report no council, committee, work group and no plans • 32% Report no progress • 24% Report that IG is not an organizational priority
Managers: 41% Not confident to train staff in IG • 52% Do not feel they are seen internally as credible experts in IG • Leadership Development – an ongoing need
With Information Governance, we are getting the right diagnosis. We can transfer the information the right way and make all of our patients happy.