2. A Few Words About Me...
2003 M.D. (1st-Class Honors) Ramathibodi
2009 M.S. (Health Informatics) University of Minnesota
2011 Ph.D. (Health Informatics) University of Minnesota
Currently
• Deputy Executive Director for Informatics (CIO), Chakri Naruebodindra
Medical Institute, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital
Contacts
nawanan.the@mahidol.ac.th
SlideShare.net/Nawanan
www.tc.umn.edu/~theer002
groups.google.com/group/ThaiHealthIT
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15. What Clinicians Want?
To treat & to
care for their
patients to their
best abilities,
given limited
time &
resources
15 Image Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Newborn_Examination_1967.jpg (Nevit Dilmen)
18. Achieving Quality Care with Information
Safe
Drug allergies
Medication Reconciliation
Timely
Complete information at point of care
Effective
Better clinical decision‐making
18 Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/childrensalliance/3191862260/
39. U.S. Adoption of Health IT
Ambulatory (Hsiao et al, 2009)
Hospitals (Jha et al, 2010)
Basic EHRs w/ notes
Comprehensive EHRs
CPOE for medications
9.2%
2.7%
34%
• U.S. lags behind other Western countries
(Schoen et al, 2006;Jha et al, 2008)
• Money and misalignment of benefits is the biggest
reason
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53. Functions that Should Be Part of EHR Systems
Computerized Medication Order Entry
Computerized Laboratory Order Entry
Computerized Laboratory Results
Physician Notes
Patient Demographics
Problem Lists
Medication Lists
Discharge Summaries
Diagnostic Test Results
Radiologic Reports
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IOM (2003), Blumenthal et al (2006)
73. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSSs)
CDSS as a replacement or supplement of
clinicians?
The demise of the “Greek Oracle” model (Miller & Masarie, 1990)
The “Greek Oracle” Model
Wrong Assumption
The “Fundamental Theorem” Model
Correct Assumption
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Friedman (2009)
80. Myths & Truths on Standards
Myths
We don’t need standards
Standards are IT people’s jobs
We should exclude vendors from this
We need the same software to share data
We need to always adopt international
standards
We need to always use local standards
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Theera-Ampornpunt (2011)
95. IT Outsourcing Decision Tree: Ramathibodi’s Case
External delivery unreliable
• Non‐Core HIS
External delivery higher cost
• ERP maintenance/ongoing
customization
No
No
Is external delivery
reliable and lower cost?
Yes
Does service offer
competitive advantage?
Yes
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Keep Internal
Keep Internal
Core HIS, CPOE
Strategic advantages
• Agility due to local workflow accommodations
• Secondary data utilization (research, QI)
• Roadmap to national leader in informatics
OUTSOURCE!
ERP initial
implementation,
PACS, RIS,
Departmental
systems,
IT Training
100. Summary
Healthcare is complex
Health IT can benefit healthcare through
Information delivery
Process improvement
Empowering providers & patients
The world is moving toward health IT
Management of hospital IT is crucial to success
Balance of “People, Process & Technology”
Know your organization (“context”)
Strategic mindset
Project & change management
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