1. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC A Practical Approach For Decision Makers SECOND EDITION EILEEN E. MORRISON

2. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Class Eight: Technology

3. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Agenda Examination Technology ‘s Impact on Health Care Information Technology and Health Care Summary

4. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Impact of Technology Technology diffusion? Technology diffusion describes how wide spread it is and how much it influences values and culture. If technology has high saturation, we are expected to use it in health care.

5. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Issues related to Technology Diffusion Can we accommodate the diffusion? What are some of the issues? Capital outlay: why do we care? Geographical distribution: what does this mean? Insured/uninsured: who gets the technology?

6. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Information Technology How has the Internet and IT changed health care? How does it affect our image? Is it part of technology diffusion?

7. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Information, Information, Information What about the information explosion? Change in the way we gather information. Email is used for communication for many aspects of health care. Designer health plans with email connections to your physician

8. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Clinical Applications of IT Telemedicine is becoming more common. Used in rural areas, the military, and prisons; why would this make sense? Ethical issues?

9. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC EMR… Electronic medical record is changing practice Integrating many areas of information. Why isn’t everywhere?

10. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Business Practice and IT Affects financial planning and practices, Can assist HR in its many tasks; such as? Conclusions? Is it worth the money to increase our use of IT? Do we have choice?

11. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC Special Note on the Internet No control over quality of the information on the Internet. What does this mean to practice and patient information? Need to educate on acceptable sources.

12. © 2010 Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC In Summary “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” Albert Einstein Another balancing act?