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Contributors from diverse backgrounds, training, regions, and work environments offer practical, experiential knowledge on problems that demand understanding of both health care and technology. They discuss visions of the future (the completely networked physician), medical care and nursing information systems, and acquiring information systems expertise (including a chapter on convincing physicians to use microcomputers). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Book Description
Healthcare Information Management Systems, Third edition, will be a comprehensive volume addressing the technical, organizational, and management issues confronted by healthcare professionals in the selection, implementation, and management of healthcare information systems. With contributions from experts in the field, this book focuses on topics such as strategic planning, turning a plan into reality, implementation, patient-centered technologies, privacy, the new culture of patient safety, and the future of technologies in progress. With the addition of 28 new chapters, the Third Edition is also richly peppered with case studies of implementation, both in the United States and abroad. The case studies are evidence that information technology can be implemented efficiently to yield results, yet they do not overlook pitfalls, hurdles, and other challenges that are encountered. Designed for use by physicians, nurses, nursing and medical directors, department heads, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, and healthcare informaticians, the book aims to be a indispensible reference.


Book Info
University of Maryland, Baltimore. Second edition of a practical reference on the applications of healthcare management systems, planning and managing the move to a system, and developing and purchasing expertise. Previous edition 1991.

ANNOTATION

Discusses physician workstations/case mgmt guidelines/how health systems affect care/etc.

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