Talk:Health information technology

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Start of HIT page
Greetings. I've commented on the health informatics / medical informatics page about the need for this umbrella category. This page parallels with the patient safety page (splitting out some knowledge) as health information technology is the present label / description used to globally speak about informatics, technology, and even the technology-person interface. I think each page needs to focus on the specific attributes for the page concept or construct (e.g. health informatics, medical informatics) to avoid duplication of domain specific content, and then globally affiliate the concepts. From my humble perspective, but as an expert with experience and credentials in the areas where I comment, I think there is: a great deal of old knowledge on the pages that needs to be updated, consultant types who construct in areas where there is substantial published knowledge to the contrary of there work or perspective, and people who are trying to create new names for things just because (no literature that speaks to the terms or names). Most importantly, in the pages I've reviewed, there are also some incredibly talented people who know their stuff and contributed to great sections of informative pages. These are the people I hope comment and help develop the pages in healthcare. Feel free to let me know your thoughts. Take care P.A.P. (talk) 01:25, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Need a lead paragraph
Some reformatting and comments of this article: Ryanjo (talk) 03:05, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I suggest adding a few lines of a "lead section" (see WP:LS), prior to the table of contents.
 * "Web sites" are included in a section named "External links".
 * I removed the article title below the TOC, since it already stated in the article heading.
 * The title of an article in Wikipedia should have only the first word capitalized (see: Manual_of_Style). In order to do this, I plan to move the article to a new page named "Health information technology", if it is okay with you (links and talk pages will be preserved).

I always welcome the review and Wikipedia education P.A.P. (talk) 18:31, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you

Needs to address Medical Privacy Issues
Massive computerization of health and medical records under government auspices or control is a huge red flag for people concerned about their privacy. The privacy provisions of HIPAA have signifcant gaps. There are many institutions that are exempted from compliance with HIPAA privacy requirements.

Information in government hands has a long history of leaking out, often for political gain or to undermine or discredit a government critic. The Clinton White House had in its possession almost a thousand FBI files it should not have had. Also among the information in the possession of the Clinton White House were income tax returns of private citizens.

There have been many cases of politically motivated, venal, or corrupt government employees selling or otherwise disclosing sensitive information held by the government. One internet commentator knowledgeble in information security has reported that at one IRS Processing Center it was known in criminal circles that the income tax records for just about anyone could be purchased for several hundred dollars.

Also, an abortion very likely comes under the category of a health or medical procedure and would be included in a computerized health information system. The whole case for abortion has been founded on the notion of "privacy" and including abortion information in a government controlled computerized information system is just asking for trouble.

It did not take long for politically motivated government employees to leak sensitive and embarrassing tax information on "Joe the Plumber" after his encounter with Presidential Candidate Barak Obama. It is not hard to believe that any conservative woman candidate who has ever had an abortion would have that information leaked to the public in an embarrassing and politically damaging way.

--Verklumpft (talk) 06:21, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

actually this is my topic on my report may i know what are those advantages and disadvantages of health information technology...be specific that's all thank you and wanting you think this is safe for every body mostly to the patient..? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.173.19 (talk) 15:09, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Difference between Health Informatics and Health Information Technology?
Article does not eplain why we need Health information technology and Health Informatics Wikipedia articles which cover very similar material, seems like they should be joined, or the distinction between the terms needs to be better discussed. Maboitiz (talk) 22:42, 27 December 2015 (UTC)Maboitiz


 * This article primarily covers the U.S. Perhaps it should be retitled Health information technology in the United States, which would distinguish it from Health informatics which takes a world view.--agr (talk) 16:15, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Updates needed
This article mostly discusses Health IT prior to 2010. The article should be updated to address the current situation regarding Health IT. Possible items to include are the current statistics for Health IT adoption, government programs in support of Health IT adoption (e.g., Meaningful Use and MACRA), and issues with Health IT (information blocking, poor user design, separating the clinician from the patient (the clinician looking at his/her computer rather than the patient), etc.).

Lizziedy (talk) 18:32, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
 * While some of this information may provide historical context, necessary to avoid recentism, I generally agree with your observation. By all means, jump in to start correcting out-of-date information and adding up-to-date references. Some of the specific topics you mentioned—including Meaningful Use and usability problems—are discussed in the Electronic health records article. Regarding government programs, note that it's important to provide a worldwide view of health IT rather than focusing on implementation in a small number of countries. —Shelley V. Adams ‹blame credit › 14:21, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

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