learning to manage health information. a theme for clinical education

eHealth in the Professional

CurriculumDi Millen

Department of Health Informatics Directorate

(England)

www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/eice

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An Information Rich Environment

eHealth & Clinical Practice

• Contribution to patient care

• Changing dynamics

• Use of computers in

consultations

• Shared access to records

• Contribution to the clinical

record

• Information for care

delivery

• Written communication

• Writing records for the use

of others

• Use of common clinical

terms

• Patient access

• Security and confidentiality

• Maintaining and confirming

competence

• Audit, reports, research,

service management,

specifying & using data and

information; e-learning

“Learning to Manage Health Information –

a theme for clinical education”

• Protecting individuals and organisations

• Data, Information and Knowledge

• Communications and Information Transfer

• Health and Care Records

• The Language of Health (Clinical Coding &

Terminology)

• E-Health: the Future of Clinical Care

• Essential IT Skills

“Challenges”

• Language: “eHealth”,

“Informatics”

• Pre and post-

registration

• Educator

development

• Context

• Relevance, impact

and value

• Build in or bolt on?

• Education or training?

• Access to systems

• Resources

• Assessment

Conclusion

• Tool not topic

• Integral to professional practice

• Change is never easy

“That it will ever come into general use, notwithstanding its value, is extremely doubtful because its beneficial application requires much time and gives a good bit of trouble, both to the patient and to the practitioner because its hue and character are foreign and opposed to all our habits and associations.”

The London Times

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Di Millen

di.millen@nhs.net

+447879444758