What Does a Health Information Administrator Do?

Health management refers to the process of comprehensively managing the health risk factors of individuals or groups of people. Its purpose is to mobilize the enthusiasm of individuals and collectives to effectively use limited resources to achieve maximum health effects. In China, health management services are provided by licensed "health managers". After the 13th Five-Year Plan, China has proposed the construction of "great health" and put the improvement of national health management at the height of national strategy. According to the "plan", people's health will shift from medical treatment to prevention, and people's awareness of self-health management will be continuously improved. [1]

Health management

(Knowledge of life)

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Health management refers to the health of an individual or a population
Health management is the first concept introduced in the United States in the late 1950s (Managed Care), its core content
Health management is still a new concept in China. The service targets of health management are relatively narrow, and they are mainly concentrated in people with higher economic income. The public awareness is not high, and some concepts of health management have not been accepted by the public.
For example, some people can spend tens of thousands of dollars a year on smoking, but spending hundreds of dollars on health management is "too expensive" in their opinion. Once they get sick, they can only spend huge sums of money to seek expert doctors, but the fact is Early prevention of health management can save them less money. [3]
Health management is to prevent and control the occurrence and development of diseases, reduce medical costs, and improve
The occurrence, development process and risk factors of diseases, especially chronic non-communicable diseases, can be intervened.
1. Establish a health file. Including personal basic information, health examination information, medical history information, file doctor and file date, etc.
2. Perform a health assessment. By collecting and tracking various information reflecting the physical health of individuals, using predictive models to determine the current health status and development trends of participants, so that participants can understand whether there is a risk of a certain chronic disease, and compare with others How dangerous is it. Then, based on the results of the disease assessment, individuals will be provided with methods to maintain and improve their health in response to health risk factors.
3. Health management content and implementation. Including "three high management", weight management, sleep management, meal management, safety management, family harmony management, psychological counseling and health management, etc.
4. Health management evaluation. Including biological evaluation, mainly evaluation of weight, blood pressure, blood lipids and blood glucose; psychological prevention and control evaluation; sociological evaluation.
Health management is a kind of
Lifestyle includes diet, work, sleep, exercise, cultural entertainment, social interaction and many other aspects. Excessive stress causes mental stress, and poor living habits, such as excessive entertainment, smoking, excessive drinking, lack of exercise, and overwork, are all harmful factors that endanger human health.
For example, for people who have been engaged in office work for a long time, sitting for a long time, lack of exercise, using computers for a long time, etc. can cause neck, lumbar muscle strain, cervical spondylosis,
"The twenty-first century is the century of health management"!
I. Reduction of medical expenses
Health management participants and non-participants spent an average of $ 200 less per person per year, which indicates that health management participants saved a total of $ 4.4 million in annual medical costs.
Second, reduce the length of hospital stay
Among hospitalized patients, the average length of stay in health management participants was two days shorter than that of non-participants, and the average hospitalization cost of participants was $ 509 less than non-participants. During the 4-year study period, health management patients saved $ 1.46 million in hospital costs.
3. Health management is a chronic process, but pays off quickly
The return on investment for health management participants over a period of two years or less is that participants' total net medical expenses are reduced by an average of $ 75 per year.
Fourth, reduce the health risk factors of the managed person
The number of participants with two or fewer health risk factors increased from 24% to 34% (with age, human health risk factors will inevitably increase);
The number of participants with 3 to 5 health risk factors decreased from 56% to 52%;
6 or more healthy
Personal health management is to provide professional health management services such as health education, health assessment, health promotion, health tracking, health supervision and medical consultation with doctors based on data analysis of personal living habits, personal medical history, and personal health examinations. Who needs professional health management services?
One: Healthy people, health-loving groups have recognized the importance of health, but due to lack of health knowledge, they hope to receive scientific, professional, systematic, and personalized health education and guidance, and plan to pass regular health assessments to maintain Health risk is at a low risk level and you can enjoy a healthy life.
Two: Sub-healthy people are in the symptoms of limb weakness, heart trouble, poor sleep and other symptoms. Due to different industries, pressure from social competition and family burden, I understand that I am in a sub-health state but I do not know how to improve it? Measures are strongly required to improve work efficiency and overall health.
3: The diseased population, the group who hopes to actively participate in their own health improvement while being treated. It is necessary to make comprehensive improvements in living environment and behavior during clinical treatment, so as to monitor risk factors, reduce risk levels, delay the progress of disease, and improve quality of life. [5]

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