What are the core areas of HIT applications in your specific areas of interest? Select one or two areas, and describe their value for global health.

Discussion Questions 1-10

1. Describe the emerging standards for encoding and exchanging healthcare information.

2. What are the core areas of HIT applications in your specific areas of interest? Select one or two areas, and describe their value for global health.

3. Flow do the standards discussed in this chapter (e.g., ICD-10, ISO, DRGs, SNOMED) help improve the quality of information sharing in your area of interest?

4. What are the technical, political, and business impediments to the sharing of medical information across international borders?

5. How do organizations decide which vendor to use when buying expensive HIT systems, such as the modern integrated EHR?

6. Why is HIT important for innovation in the delivery and management of healthcare?

7. What is the future of HIT in healthcare?

8. Discuss the threat of internal and external security breaches to healthcare information, including ransomware. How might this threat influence an organization’s decision to adopt HIT?

9. What are the most useful HIT innovations you have used in your daily practice? What are the most outstanding features?

10. What factors impede the full use of HIT innovations (e.g., cloud-based systems, big data) in business settings and in global health?