Health information Sciences department history

This department founded in 1987(1366, persian calender) as a part of the faculty of allied medicine. Currently our department a part of the faculty of management and Medical Information. Nowadays, we have a master and Ph.D. Program for Medical Informatics and bachelor and master program for Health Information technology (HIT).

Health information management jobs typically focus on the information technology needed to store and retrieve patient data accurately and securely and the management of the people and processes." "Health informatics jobs focus more on utilizing data, data analytics, and technology to improve patient care delivery.”

To simplify, you could say that health informatics is concerned with managing the database, while health information management is concerned with managing the data.

The two fields are related, although there are distinct differences between health information technology and health informatics. Health information technology implies the electronic exchange of health data. Health informatics employs the information available through health information technology to secure, organize and evaluate data related to patient care. Health informatics processes are intended to enhance the delivery of public and private healthcare services.

utilization of HIT :

• improve health care quality or effectiveness
• increase health care efficiency
• prevent medical errors and increase health care accuracy and procedural correctness
• reduce health care costs
• increase administrative efficiencies and healthcare work processes
• decrease paperwork and unproductive or idle work time
• extend real-time communications of health information practitioners among health care professionals
• expand access to affordable care

Where do health information technology specialists work?

Health information technology specialists support clinicians and staff across many healthcare settings, including inpatient rehabilitation facilities, acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, physician offices, mental health facilities, and outpatient clinics. Others work for organizations that do not provide direct medical care, such as consulting firms, public health and other government agencies, insurance companies, and software vendors.