Health Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals (Sixth Edition)

Name: Health Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals (Sixth Edition)
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ByRobert E. Hoyt Ann K. Yoshihashi

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Health Informatics (HI) focuses on the application of information technology (IT) in healthcare to improve individual and population health, education and research. The goal of the textbook is to stimulate and educate healthcare and IT professionals and students about the key topics in this rapidly changing field. This extensively updated sixth edition reflects the changes in technology, policies and innovations that have occurred recently. Topics include HI overview, electronic health records, healthcare data analytics, health information exchange, architecture of information systems, evidence based medicine, consumer health informatics, HI ethics, quality improvement strategies and more. The 22 chapters feature learning objectives, case studies, recommended reading, future trends, key points, conclusions and over 1800 references. It is available as a paperback and an eBook. Free Online Resources are available on the textbook companion website www.informaticseducation.org

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Publication Date: Jan 16, 2014
Language: English
ISBN: 9781304791108
Category: Science & Medicine
Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Robert E. Hoyt, By (author): Ann K. Yoshihashi

Specifications

Pages: 533
Binding Type: Paperback Perfect Bound
Interior Color: Black & White
Dimensions: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)

Keywords

health informatics medicine health information technology electronic health record patient safety informatics medical informatics HIT EHR medical healthcare ethics public health informatics bioinformatics

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About Robert E Hoyt and David Patrishkoff

Robert (Bob) Hoyt MD FACP has practiced internal medicine for over 35 years both in private practice and the military. He uses his clinical and medical research experience to critically analyze informatics literature. He along with his wife Ann Yoshihashi MD, created the first edition of the textbook in 2007 and the textbook is now in its seventh edition. Since 2018 he has focused on data science education, especially for clinicians. David Patrishkoff MS LSSMBB is the co-editor and co-author of No Code Data Science. He has extensive experience with statistics and data science in multiple industries. Further information about him and the textbook can be found at https://www.nocodedatascience.net Dr. William Hersh (OHSU) is the new co-editor for the seventh edition. Dr. Hersh is Professor and Chair of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at OHSU. He has a long history of lecturing and publishing in informatics. He is now the author of multiple chapters in the seventh edition. The link below will take you to his blog Informatics Professor. Dr. Hersh launched the eighth edition of Health Informatics: Practical Guide which is offered also through Lulu. Bob Muenchen MS PSAT is the new Co-Editor of Introduction to Biomedical Data Science. He is an ASA-accredited professional statistician, the author of R for SAS and SPSS Users, and co-author of R for Stata Users. He is also the creator of r4stats.com. See his bio in the below link.

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