ABC of Health Informatics

by Frank Sullivan (University of Dundee); Jeremy Wyatt

• ISBN13: 9780727918505
• ISBN10: 0727918508
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

New addition to the ABC series looking at how technology can aid health careThis ABC focuses on how patient data, health knowledge, and local service information are managed during the routine tasks that make up clinical work. It looks at medical record keeping, how to use the information that records contain for clinical, quality improvement and research activities, how to use new media to communicate with clinical colleagues and patients, and the availability and uses of clinical knowledge resources.After a short introduction to health informatics, each chapter is organised around a typical patient scenario that illustrates information dilemmas arising in clinical consultations. These case studies help make the link between prescribing and treatment.A final chapter considers the implications of informatics and eHealth for the future of the health professions and their work. It also includes a glossary of health informatics terms.Click on the sample chapter above for a look at what is health information.

Author Biography

Frank Sullivan, Community Health Sciences Division, Centre for Health Informatics, University of Dundee, UK

Jeremy Wyatt, Centre for Health Informatics, University of Dundee, UK

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
What is health information?	1	(3)
Is a consultation needed?	4	(3)
Why is this patient here today?	7	(3)
How decision support tools help define clinical problems	10	(3)
How computers can help to share understanding with patients	13	(3)
How informatics tools help deal with patients' problems	16	(3)
How computers help make efficient use of consultations	19	(3)
Referral or follow-up?	22	(3)
Keeping up: learning in the workplace	25	(4)
Improving services with informatics tools	29	(3)
Communication and navigation around the healthcare system	32	(3)
eHealth and the future: promise or peril?	35	(4)
Glossary	39	(4)
Index	43