Strategies and Technologies for Healthcare Information

by Ball, Marion J.; Douglas, Judith V.; Garets, Douglas E.; Garets, David E.

• ISBN13: 9780387984421
• ISBN10: 0387984429
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book highlights innovative healthcare information technologies as they perform information integration throughout various health care settings. Contributors, representative of these settings, provide case studies citing active examples of technology systems at work, addressing critical success factors, documenting success in terms of improved quality and/or reduced cost. Each example will address the full range of issues associated with technological innovation in health care, from policy and clinical considerations, to business and operational issues.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Larry D. Grandia
Series Preface	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
SECTION 1 THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Introduction	2	(1)
Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks	3	(14)
David Dimond
Robert Burgess
James Marra
Data Warehouses and Clinical Data Repositories	17	(15)
Alan Smith
Michael Nelson
Internet Technologies	32	(11)
Jim Kazmer
Information System Integrity and Continuity	43	(18)
Briggs T. Pille
Keith Ryan
SECTION 2 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR THE INTEGRATED DELIVERY SYSTEM
Introduction	60	(1)
Managed Care: Business and Clinical Issues	61	(11)
James R. McPhail
Integrated Delivery Networks	72	(10)
Alyson Widmer
Joan Hovhanesian
Information Strategies for Management Services Organizations	82	(10)
David Lubinski
Health Plan Performance Measurement	92	(17)
Sharon Graugnard
SECTION 3 MANAGING THE HEALTHCARE INFORMATION ENTERPRISE
Introduction	108	(1)
Meta-Planning: Solutions, Not Projects	109	(10)
Philip M. Lohman
Pamela Mon Muccilli
Managing Vendor Relationships	119	(6)
Joan Hovhanesian
Outsourcing	125	(22)
David Pedersen
SECTION 4 MAXIMIZING THE VALUE FROM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INVESTMENTS
Introduction	146	(1)
Ensuring Value from Information Technology	147	(9)
Alberta Pedroja
Tactics for Optimizing Information Technology	156	(6)
Ray Bell
Bill Weber
The Clinical Workstation: Integrating an Academic Health Center	162	(13)
Stanley Schwartz
Mary Alice Annecharico
Stephen Smith
Process Redesign	175	(16)
David Beaulieu
William Krenz
Gara Edelstein
Jordan Battani
Data Modeling	191	(12)
Dale Will
Index	203	(6)
Contributors	209