The implementation and future directions of e-health information policy: Greece
Authors: Lappa, Evagelia 
Giannakopoulos, Georgios 
Publisher: IGI Global
Issue Date: 1-Jul-2011
Journal: International Journal of Healthcare Delivery Reform Initiatives 
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Keywords: Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Greek Healthcare System (NHS), Health Information Management, International Classification of Disease Codes (ICD), Medical Informatics, Medical Ontologies
Abstract: 
Information technology has the potential to transform working procedure in the health care sector. Clinicians have used Health Information Management and Technology (HIM&T) for more than two decades to assist in achieving better healthcare delivery outcomes. Medical knowledge is too complex for humans to master in a single mind, and to remember everything about each patient. Medical data consist of many kinds of data from different sources, requiring the development of many medical decision support systems. Creating and indexing records for hospitals and health systems present difficult challenges, because the medical records contain sensitive information. Increased computerization and other policy factors have contributed to privacy risks. Transforming from paper-based to Electronic Medical Records (EMR) allows healthcare providers to share information across their care ecosystem. Access to this digital lifeline, connecting the EMR to the digital web platforma, is critical to saving lives, preventing medical errors and improving efficiency of healthcare delivery. Choosing the international classification systems for patients, ICD, DRGs, grouped patients according to the resources consumption required for treatment and other clinical characteristics. Information Technology provides solutions to this problem. A vital element of healthcare delivery is to ensure that the patient is always at the centre of everything clinicians do.
DOI: 10.4018/jhdri.2011070101
URI: https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/647
Type: Article
Department: Department of Archival, Library and Information Studies 
School: School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences 
Affiliation: University of West Attica (UNIWA) 
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