Medical Informatics: Practical Guide for the Healthcare Professional 2007

by Robert Hoyt MD
Melanie Sutton PhD
Ann Yoshihashi MD

ISBN: 978-1-4303-2162-0
Publisher: Lulu.com
Rights Owner: Robert Hoyt
Language: English
Country: United States
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Printed: 249 pages, 8.5" x 11", perfect binding, black and white interior ink

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This book is directed towards healthcare and technology professionals who want an introduction and a useful resource for understanding the rapidly evolving field of Medical Informatics and its integral role in healthcare. Topics covered: - Overview of Medical Informatics - Electronic Health Records - Interoperability - Patient informatics - Online Medical Resources - Search Engines - Mobile Technology - Evidence Based Medicine - Clinical Practice Guidelines - Disease Management and Disease Registries - Pay For Performance - Patient Safety - Electronic Prescribing - Telemedicine - Picture Archiving and Communication Systems - Bioinformatics - Public Health Informatics - E-Research - Emerging Trends


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Healthcare Professionals - What you don't know can hurt you! [ No Rating ] 23 Mar 2008
This book helps to close the knowledge gap for the busy health care professionals who are not aware of all the information and useful resources that can help them in their daily work and better prepare to be an early adopter of informatics and technology in health care. Some benefits of reading this book:

- For Physicians/Nurse Practitioners/Physicians Assistants:
1. Online medical resources, many which are free, like Medscape and EMedicine
2. Clinical Practice Guideline Resources
3. Electronic Prescribing and online drug references
4. Patient Informatics including patient education websites, personal health records
5. Electronic health records
6. Mobile technology including medical PDA programs

- Nurses (in addition to above)as key players in:
1. Information Technology being applied to improve patient safety
2. Disease management and registries for chronic diseases like diabetes, heart failure and asthma

- Healthcare administrators
1. Better insight in how to integrate technology successfully in a hospital or out-patient setting.
2. Barriers to overcome in transitioning to a paperless system for medical records, order entry

You will definitely feel more prepared to embrace technology in healthcare after reading this book.



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