What is the concept of a digital health ecosystem? What significance and impact does such a concept have on the transformation of healthcare services delivery systems in the United States, and other developed and developing countries?

Emerging Perspectives in Health Information Systems/Technologies (Health IS/IT)
Learning Objectives:
Overview the field of health information systems/technologies (health IS/IT) to showcase emergent thinking and perspective

Highlight major health IS/IT components

Outline key health IS/IT themes

Conceptualize health IS/IT cultures
Chapter Outline:
I. Introduction
II. Scoping the HMIS Field: A Digital Health Ecosystem Perspective
Routine Business vs. Health (Clinical) Data, Information, and Knowledge
The Need for and Challenge of a Digital Health Ecosystem
An EHR: Defining the Basic Functions of a Typical Health IS/IT System
III. Major Health IS/IT Components
IV. HMIS Cultures
V. Conclusion
Discussion Questions:
1-1 What are emergent perspectives of health IS/IT?
1-2 Why is it difficult to integrate IT and medicine? Discuss the need for an integrative perspective for managing health IS/IT.
1-3 List the five major components of a health IS/IT system. Discuss which component deserves the most attention in today’s health IS/IT environment and why. Provide specific examples of each component in the context of your work.
1-4 If you were the Chief Information Officer, which of the four types of health IS/IT cultures would you pursue and why?
1-5 What is the concept of a digital health ecosystem? What significance and impact does such a concept have on the transformation of healthcare services delivery systems in the United States, and other developed and developing countries?

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