Information Systems in hospitals and the health service

A critical report on 'Increased electronic information sharing by sexual health services' by Hunter, Ede and Whiddett

Literature Review from the year 2016 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, , course: MBA (Health Services Management), language: English, abstract: The paper is a critique report of Hunter, Ede and Whiddett regarding 'Increased electronic information sharing by sexual health services: Confidentiality and consent' published in the health informatics journal. The purpose of this report is to appraise critically of Hunter, Ede and Whiddett's article using CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Programme) tool and comment with supportive evidence on the article by following standard review checklist. In addition, the article will be critically appraised through the various other quality checklists attached. Initially, the critique report will highlight on the author's published article. It will also explore the study aim, objective, study design, outcomes, and any encountered biases if any. Finally, the report will summarise the key points of the article in the light of significance of the information system in hospital and health service system and how the published article integrates to the information system with sexual health services in the hospital. Critique report or Critical appraisal is the analytical process of full of attention and systematically investigating research to assess its reliability, and its significance and relevance with an individual context. In addition, While Chambers, Boath, and Rogers defined that 'critical appraisal as the assessment of evidence by systematically reviewing its relevance, validity and results to specific situations'. Moreover, in case of health research studies, critical appraisal is fundamental and significant component in term of evidence-based health services, treatment, medicine, and public health practice in the hospital or in the community what includes scrutinising the strengths, weaknesses, and the areas of improvement of a particular study. Hunter, Ede and Whiddett (2014) presented in their published article regarding the implication of introducing the National Health Index (NHI) to share patient health information by sexual health services (SHS) with other external providers in New Zealand. This article, Authors inspected patient attitudes towards the modification in health services to support a combined model in the current care setting in New Zealand. Based on research outcomes, increasing sharing patient's information without consent among external health providers' would influence people

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