ABC of Health Informatics

by Frank Sullivan (University of Dundee); Jeremy Wyatt

• ISBN13: 9781444312805
• ISBN10: 1444312804
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: BMJ Books

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.

Table of Contents

What is health information?

Is a consultation needed?

Why is this patient here today?

How decision support tools help define clinical problems

How computers can help to share understanding with patients

How informatics tools help deal with patients' problems

How computers help make efficient use of consultations

Referral or follow-up?

Keeping up: learning in the workplace

Improving services with informatics tools

Communication and navigation around the healthcare system

eHealth and the future: promise or peril?

Glossary

Index

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