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List of contents
PART 1: THE BASICS OF HEALTH INFORMATICS
1. Introduction to health informatics
2. IT and information management
PART 2: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF HEALTH INFORMATICS
3. Health information interchange
4. Modelling healthcare information
5. Introducing databases
6. Knowledge management
PART 3: MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS IN HEALTH INFORMATICS IMPLEMENTATIONS
7. Introduction to the issues in leadership and management
8. Business planning and architectures
9. Project management
10. Risk management
11. Change management
12. Health economics
PART 4: HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
13. Systems development
14. Health information systems
15. Software management
16. Electronic health records
17. Clinical information systems
18. Decision support systems
19. Telehealth and communication
20. Information across the health system
PART 5: THE HUMAN ISSUES IN HEALTH INFORMATICS IMPLEMENTATIONS
21. Informatics professional roles and governance
22. Workforce capacity building
23. Human technology interfaces and ergonomics
24. Issues of ethics and law
25. Consumer issues in informatics
PART 6: HEALTH INFORMATICS SUPPORTING PRACTITIONERS
26. Health education
27. Research and evidence-based practice
28. Case studies from clinical practice
29. Management decision-making
30. Policy decision-making
PART 7: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
31. Genomics and biotechnology
32. Gazing into the crystal ball
About the author
Senior Lecturer School of Nursing, Nathan Campus; Chair, Nursing Informatics Australia
Summary
Discusses health information systems and contains diverse case studies and stories from policy makers, managers, academics, clinicians and those working in outback clinics.
