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Health informatics: linking investment to value.
1Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. bill.stead@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|September 24, 1999
Summary
The health industry undervalues informatics. A strategic health informatics agenda, linking investment to value, is crucial for improving public health, quality, and reducing costs.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Information Technology in Healthcare
- Healthcare System Improvement
Background:
- The health industry's valuation of informatics lags behind other sectors.
- Current health system, financial constraints, policy, and knowledge gaps impede progress.
Framework:
- Develop a health informatics agenda that directly links investment to demonstrable value.
- Acknowledge existing health system foundations and barriers to change.
Implementation:
- Leverage unique aspects of health and external successes for innovative strategies.
- Employ logistics for quality enhancement, mass customization for personalized care, and systems thinking for transformative change.
Implications:
- Proposed informatics infrastructure includes a virtual health care data bank, national health care knowledge base, and personal clinical health records.
- Achieving improved public health, consumer-perceived quality, and cost reduction are key desired outcomes.