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Health Care Information Systems is a primary text on the effective use of data and information technology to improve organizational performance in health care settings. This book provides the fundamental knowledge and tools that students need to manage information and information resources effectively within a variety of health care organizations. Students will gain insight into the origins and uses of health information and learn about a variety of health information systems in use today, with a focus on electronic medical record systems.

Tables, Figures, and Exhibits
Foreword
Acknowledgments
The Authors
Preface
Health Care Information
Introduction to Health Care Information
Learning Objectives
Types of Health Care Information
Internal Data and Information: Patient Specific-Clinical
Internal Data and Information: Patient Specific-Administrative
Internal Data and Information: Patient Specific-Combining Clinical and Administrative
Internal Data and Information: Aggregate-Clinical
Internal Data and Information: Aggregate-Administrative
Internal Data and Information: Aggregate-Combining Clinical and Administrative
External Data and Information: Comparative
External Data and Information: Expert or Knowledge Based
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Health Care Data Quality
Learning Objectives
Data Versus Information
Problems with Poor-Quality Data
Ensuring Data and Information Quality
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Health Care Information Regulations, Laws, and Standards
Learning Objectives
Licensure, Certification, and Accreditation
Legal Aspects of Managing Health Information
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Health Care Information Systems
History and Evolution of Health Care Information Systems
Learning Objectives
Definition of Terms
History and Evolution
Why Health Care Lags in IT
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Current and Emerging Use of Clinical Information Systems
Learning Objectives
The Electronic Medical Record
Other Major HCIS Types
Fitting Applications Together
Information Exchange Across Boundaries
Overcoming Barriers to Adoption
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
System Acquisition
Learning Objectives
System Acquisition: A Definition
Systems Development Life Cycle
System Acquisition Process
Project Management Tools
Things That Can Go Wrong
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
System Implementation and Support
Learning Objectives
System Implementation Process
Managing the Organizational Aspects
System Support and Evaluation
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Information Technology
Technologies that Support Health Care Information Systems
Learning Objectives
System Software
Data Management and Access
Networks and Data Communications
Information Processing Distribution Schemes
The Internet, Intranet, and Extranets
Clinical and Managerial Decision Support
Trends in User Interactions with Systems
Information Systems Architecture
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Health Care Information System Standards
Learning Objectives
Standards Development Process
Classification, Vocabulary, and Terminology Standards
Health Record Content Standards
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Security of Health Care Information Systems
Learning Objectives
The Health Care Organization's Security Program
Threats to Health Care Information
Overview of HIPAA Security Rule
Outline of HIPAA Security Rule
Administrative Safeguards
Physical Safeguards
Technical Safeguards
Security in a Wireless Environment
Remote Access Security
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Senior Management It Challenges
Organizing IT Services
Learning Objectives
Information Technology Functions
Organizing IT Staff and Services
In-House Versus Outsourced IT
Evaluating IT Effectiveness
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
IT Alignment and Strategic Planning
Learning Objectives
Overview of Strategy
Areas Requiring IT Strategy
IT Strategy Vectors
The IT Asset and Governing Concepts
A Normative Approach to IT Strategy
IT Strategy and Alignment Challenges
IT as a Competitive Advantage
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
IT Governance and Management
Learning Objectives
IT Governance
IT Effectiveness
IT Budget
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Management's Role in Major IT Initiatives
Learning Objectives
Managing Change Due to IT
Managing IT Projects
Understanding IT Initiative Failures
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Assessing and Achieving Value in Health Care Information Systems
Learning Objectives
Definition of IT-Enabled Value
The IT Project Proposal
Steps to Improve Value Realization
Why IT Fails to Deliver Returns
Analyses of the IT Value Challenge
Summary
Key Terms
Learning Activities
Health IT Leadership: A Compendium of Case Studies
Board Support for a Capital Project
The Decision to Develop an IT Strategic Plan
Selection of a Patient Safety Strategy
Strategic IS Planning for the Hospital ED
Planning an EMR Implementation
Considerations for Voice over IP Telephony
Implementing a Capacity Management Information System
Implementing a Telemedicine Solution
Replacing a Practice Management System
Conversion to an EMR Messaging System
Concerns and Workarounds with a Clinical Documentation System
Strategies for Implementing CPOE
Implementing a Syndromic Surveillance System
The Admitting System Crashes
Breaching the Security of an Internet Patient Portal
Assessing the Value and Impact of CPOE
Appendixes
Overview of the Health Care IT Industry
Sample Project Charter
References
Index
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Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management, 2nd Edition

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