IT Manager

Abstract

Health informatics is a program that promotes and supports the use of health information in health services delivery, health management systems, research, learning and health policy development for the purpose of improving health outcomes and processes for people. (1) Health informatics is based on necessary collaborations among a variety of interested groups and sectors including consumers, providers, educators, researchers, government, clinicians, industry and anyone else with a key interest in the process and outcomes. (1) The author did his internship as an IT manager at the Urology department at the VG site of QE II hospital. He was responsible to manage different healthcare projects and basically making a connection between physicians and IT people. Through his internship he could use the knowledge from classes and instructors in the real health environment and get hands on experience. This internship gave him an opportunity to realize that how the theory could be put into practice. He also learned about the challenges and how to deal with these challenges. The most valuable lesson he learned during his internship was considering all the aspects of a project, especially dealing with the rules and policies related to patients’ privacy.