Transforming Health Care Through Information

by Lorenzi, Nancy M.; Ash, Joan S.; Einbinder, Jonathan; McPhee, Wendy; Einbinder, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780387214474
• ISBN10: 038721447X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Transforming Health Care Through Information, Second Edition, draws upon the experience of the foremost experts in medical informatics to address the complex challenges faced when healthcare organizations implement technological changes. This book's case studies illustrate specific and practical solutions employed to overcome such challenges. Key topics include organizational structures; project planning and management; preparing for change; leadership; the role of healthcare providers in technological changes, and more. This book will be an indispensable guide for students and practicing professionals in medical informatics and healthcare administration.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Contributors	xvii
SECTION I CASE STUDIES IN TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
Introduction	2	(5)
Nancy M. Lorenzi
Gemini: The Life and Times of a Clinical Information System	7	(14)
Navid Fanceian
Lisa Shickle
SECTION II ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
Introduction	16	(5)
Nancy M. Lorenzi
The Web Center: A Case Study in Strategy and Power	21	(13)
Christel Villarivera
Shane McWilliams
Candace Boyce
Computers for Kids: Not All Fun and Games	34	(9)
Jacob Weiss
Managing Change	43	(6)
Jonathan Becker
Roy Gill
Susan Moy
Veena Seshadri
Dat Tran
Amy Wang
Jiangi Yang
Managing Success: An Information System Dilemma at Great Plains Healthcare	49	(16)
Tracy O'Connor
John Hawkins
Kathy Hornby
SECTION III IMPLEMENTATION
Introduction	56	(9)
Jonathan Einbinder
Bar Coding: It's Hard to Kill a Hippo	65	(4)
Margaret Keller
Beverly Oneida
Gale McCarty
Developing an Emergency Department Information System	69	(12)
Duncan Belser
Dominik Aronsky
David M. Dilts
Jose Ferreira
Implementation of OpChart in West Medical Building	81	(11)
Nathan R. Hoot
David L. Sanders
Development of the Scientific Computing Center at Vanderbilt University	92	(9)
Lawrence Fu
Early Implementation Problems of an Integrated Information System Within the White Mountain University Health System	101	(13)
Gabrielle N. Ciesla
Joseph J. Connor
Thomas H. Dudley, Jr.
Michael L. Keens
Implementation of a Web-Based Incident-Reporting System at Legendary Health System	114	(7)
Sylvia Bae
Samone Khouangsathiene
Christopher Morey
Chris O'Connor
Eric Rose
Abdus Shakil
Managing Change: Analysis of a Hypothetical Case	121	(22)
Joan S. Ash
James G. Anderson
Paul N. Gorman
Rita D. Zielstorff
Natalie Norcross
Jody Pettit
Patricia Yao
SECTION IV ECONOMICS
Introduction	136	(7)
Robert T. Riley
E3 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center	143	(7)
David Posch
Nancy M. Lorenzi
Thomas Campion
Catch 22: The Case of Utilization Management's Return on Investment Evaluation	150	(10)
Fern FitzHenry
Antimicrobial Utilization Program at the University of Central State Medical Center	160	(10)
Melissa Kaplan
Beth Wickerham
Central Medical Healthcare System: The Case of the Well-Aggregated Patient Data	170	(4)
Laura Larsson
Michael Lieberman
Kelly J. Bradway
Building Consensus: Quality Improvement at Vesalius Health System	174	(17)
Sarah Corley
Steven Cohen
Jeffrey Gilbert
Cora Lam
Benjamin LeBlanc
SECTION V LEADERSHIP
Introduction	188	(3)
Joan S. Ash
Strategic Informatics: Planning for the Future of AtlanticHealth	191	(6)
Peter Embi
Yun Ho Jung
Dewey Schneider
Jack Sofsky
Margaret Sundre
Thomas Yackel
Fix Pharmacy!	197	(2)
Jim Carpenter
Tadaaki Hiruki
Michael Krall
David Smith
Showdown in the Heart of Texas	199	(8)
Robert Posteraro
Wilhelmina Estrada
Tim George
Julito Uy
Sandra Yee
Mission Valley Medical Center Physicians Group Practice: The Rumor	207	(7)
Noorullah Ahktar
Mary Langdon
David O'Brien
Ron Jimenez
The DNA Donation Project	214	(4)
Tricia A. Thornton
Who's in Charge?	218	(11)
Melanie Wilson
Mark Mailhot
Ed Quick
SECTION VI ORGANIZATIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT
Introduction	224	(5)
Wendy McPhee
The Chief Resident's Dilemma	229	(4)
Stephen Morgan
Death of a Committee	233	(5)
Robert Halliday
Whose Job Is It Anyway?	238	(4)
Andrew Buettner
All for the Want of a Plan	242	(4)
Anonymous
Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail	246	(4)
Janette Gogler
Founding Fathers Health Corporation: Idealism and the Bottom Line	250	(7)
Richard Dykstra
Lara Fournier
Manish Parekhji
Qin Ye
Index	257