Published December, 2010
By Reinhold Haux, Alfred Winter, Elske Ammenwerth, Birgit Brigl, Nils Hellrung and Franziska Jahn
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Health Informatics
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Illustrating the importance of hospital information management in delivering high quality health care at the lowest possible cost, this book provides the essential resources needed by the medical informatics specialist to understand and successfully manage the complex nature of hospital information systems.

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Published December, 2010
By Marion J. Ball, Joan M. Kiel, Patricia Hinton Walker, Kathryn J. Hannah, Judith V. Douglas, Donna DuLong, Susan K. Newbold, Joyce E. Sensmeier, Diane J. Skiba, Michelle R. Troseth, Brian Gugerty, Joan Kiel and Marion Ball
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Health Informatics
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In recognition of the evolving electronic health information environment and of interdisciplinary health care teams, the book is designed to be of interest to members of other health care professions (quality officers, administrators, etc.) as well as health information technology professionals (in health care facilities and in industry).

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Published December, 2010
By Marion J. Ball, Peter Ramsaroop, David Beaulieu, Judith V. Douglas and Marion Ball
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Health Informatics
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This book focuses on todays attempts to reshape the federal healthcare system. The major strength of the text lies in its use of examples that show how process redesign and the integration of enabling technologies lead to performance improvement and cost reduction.

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Published December, 2010
By Rudi van de Velde and Patrice Degoulet
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Health Informatics
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Hospital information systems (HIS) have become integral tools in the management of a hospital's medical and administrative information. With illustrated case studies, this book emphasizes clinical information systems (CIS) and their use in the direct management of the patient.

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Published December, 2010
By Nancy M. Lorenzi and Robert T. Riley
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Health Informatics
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The successful implementation of health information systems in complex health care organizations ultimately hinges on the receptivity and preparedness of the user.

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Published December, 2010
By Deborah Lewis, Gunther Eysenbach, Rita Kukafka, P. Zoe Stavri, Holly Jimison and Warner V. Slack
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Health Informatics
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All those concerned with healthcare and how to obtain personally relevant medical information form a large additional target groupMany Medical Informatics programs-both in the United States and abroad-include a course in Consumer Health Informatics as part of their curriculum.

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Published December, 2010
By Kenneth Goodman and James G. Anderson
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Health Informatics
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This series is directed to health care professionals who are leading the tra- formation of health care by using information and knowledge. Renamed Health Informatics in 1998 to reflect the rapid evolution in the discipline now known as health informatics, the series will continue to add titles that contribute to the evolution of the field.

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Published December, 2010
By Eleanor Callahan Hunt, Sara Breckenridge Sproat and Rebecca Rutherford Kitzmiller
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Health Informatics
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With the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine around information technology solutions for patient safety, mandates from industry groups such as Leapfrog about using infor mation systems to improve health care, and the move toward evidence based practice, health institutions cannot afford to retain manual practices.

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Published December, 2010
By Marion J. Ball, Charlotte Weaver, Joan M. Kiel, Joan Kiel and Marion Ball
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Health Informatics
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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.

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Published December, 2010
By Marion J. Ball, Rosemary Nelson and Marion Ball
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Health Informatics
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This series is directed to healthcare professionals who are leading the trans formation of health care by using information and knowledge. Renamed Health Informatics in 1998 to reflect the rapid evolution in the discipline now known as health informatics, the series will continue to add titles that contribute to the evolution of the field.

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