Impact of Health Care Information Systems on Health Care Quality

Health care information system (HCIS) is an arrangement of information (data), processes, people, and information technology that interact to collect, process, store, and provide as output the information needed to support the health care organization (Wager, Lee, Glaser, 2013, p. 105). Having ready access to timely, complete, accurate, legible, and relevant information is critical to health care organizations, providers, and the patients they serve (Wagerm Lee, & Glaser, 2013). In the health care industry, the quality of care is one of the most important objectives for most health care organizations. The growing developments in health information technology have a great impact on the delivery of health care and have changed the systems used to record and share information. It has the potential to improve the quality of care if it is appropriately used. Health care organizations routinely apply computers and other technologies to record and transfer health information such as diagnoses, prescriptions, and insurance information.
However, the continuous advances of information technology, including telehealth, computerized medical databases (Immunization Information System), telemedicine, electronic health records, and etc., have increased the possibility of potential intentional and unintentional breaches of private or confidential health

Noam Arzt, identified various threats to patient privacy with the use of IIS. The threats to patient privacy were divided into three categories. These are Desktop threats, server threats, and network threats. Desktop threats are those threats that relate to desktop, whether it will be a terminal or personal computer. Server threats are threats that relate to Immunization Information Systems (IIS) server and its integrity. And lastly, network threats are threats that relate to the network that connects user desktops to IIS servers (Arzt,