Health
Informatics (HI) focuses on the application of information technology
(IT) to the field of medicine to improve individual and population
healthcare delivery, education and research. This extensively updated
fifth edition reflects the current knowledge in Health Informatics and
provides learning objectives, key points, case studies and references.
Topics include: HI Overview; Healthcare Data, Information, and
Knowledge; Electronic Health Records, Practice Management Systems;
Health Information Exchange; Data Standards; Architectures of
Information Systems;Health Information Privacy and Security; HI Ethics;
Consumer HI; Mobile Technology; Online Medical Resources; Search
Engines; Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Practice Guidelines;
Disease Management and Registries; Quality Improvement Strategies;
Patient Safety; Electronic Prescribing; Telemedicine; Picture Archiving
and Communication Systems; Bioinformatics; Public HI; E-Research.
Available as a printed copy and E-book.
