Impact of Health Information Technology

Information systems have much to offer in managing healthcare costs and in improving the quality of care. Health Information Technology creates a system for the collection and processing of data from various sources, and using the information for policy making and management of health services. Health information technology has the potential to enable better care for patients, and to help clinicians achieve continual improvements in the quality of care in primary care settings. Health Information System is critical elements of health system in order to make health-related decisions, then it is essential that we know what health information technology is exactly, and why it has it come to play such an important role in our current health system it is important to identify the importance of each of these components, examine how they interact with one another, and explore their applications in real life.
The components of a Health Information System are data, people, processes, information technology, and communication technology. First, data is the third element of an Information System. This is the information part of an information system, and whether that is statistical data, sets of instructions, lists of names or even graphics and animations, data is the key to any Information Technology. Second, the purpose of an information system is to support human intellectual activity. “People are the most important element in most computer-based information systems. They make the difference between success and failure for most organizations. Information systems personnel include all the people who manage, run, program, and maintain the system, including the CIO, who manages the IS department. Users are people who work with information system to get results.” (Reynolds & Stair, 2012) Third, it is commonly said that