p>Health Data Management (HDM), also known as Health Information Management (HIM) is the systematic organization of health data in digital form. This can be anything from Electronic Medical Records (EMR) generated as a result of doctor visits, to Electronic Health Records (EHR), to handwritten medical notes scanned to a digital repository.
Health Data Management is tasked not only with organizing medical data but also integrating it and enabling its analysis to make patient care more efficient, and derive insights that can improve medical outcomes, while protecting the privacy and security of the data.
According to a Deloitte survey:
Most healthcare organizations collect EMR abstracts, claims data, and data about enrollment and medical programs.
Only leading organizations additionally use electronic EMR feeds and disease management program data.
Very few organizations use non-health data sources that can be used to augment formal medical data, such as patient lifestyle information, remote monitoring and wearable devices, and survey data about patient experience.
As Health Data Management progresses, more organizations will collect a larger variety of health-related data, and integrate it to generate new insights that can enhance patient health.