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national health information network (nhin) is a network in which all health care organizations, government agencies and other health-related organizations are connected to each other to exchange information about health. due to the necessity of a framework for nhin development, in this paper, according to the literature review, a definition for nhin framework was provided, and then the nhin rel...

i This issue of IJHISI delivers a set of articles that further expand the breadth and depth of our understanding of key issues in health information systems and informatics. As with authors of papers appearing in previous issues, the assembled contributors also use a range of research methodologies, from conceptual model-ing and framework development to survey-based statistical analyses. In the...

A health information system (HIS) is the intersection of between healthcare’s business process, and information systems to deliver better healthcare services. The nature of healthcare industry, which is highly influenced by economic, social, politic, and technological factors, has changed over time. This paper will address some important concepts of healthcare and related terminologies to provi...

Current research suggests that the rate of adoption of health information technology (HIT) is low, and that HIT may not have the touted beneficial effects on quality of care or costs. The twin issues of the failure of HIT adoption and of HIT efficacy stem primarily from a series of fallacies about HIT. We discuss 12 HIT fallacies and their implications for design and implementation. These falla...

Applying Modern Information Technology to Reporting for Public Health—the Role of Standards Clement McDonald, Indiana University School of Medicine, discussed the role of standards in the application of modern information technology to public health reporting. He pointed to the rich data sources stored electronically in clinical laboratories, pathology and cytology reporting systems, pharmacies...

‘Change is the essence of life. If you do not change you shall perish.’ These were the words told by Sri Krishna to Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita. Today, after thousands of years after those words, the process of change is on. The fields of Information Technology (IT) & Bio-Technology (BT) are the modern development and the Medical Technology (MT) has the benefits to use the services of both. The rol...

Diffusion of Information Technology (IT) throughout the health care delivery system over the last several years has affected the way hospitals and other providers conduct their business.A number of market-driven factors (e.g., a shift of financial risk from payers to providers) explain IT dissemination and the growth of a health care IT “market” that is populated by hundreds of vendors. Prospec...