Informatics in Primary Care

by Norris, Thomas E., M.D.; Goldberg, Harold I., M.D.; Fuller, Sherrilynne S., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9780387953335
• ISBN10: 0387953337
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

This text is designed to enhance patient care by providing the primary care practitioner with contemporary up-to-date information on the wide variety of topics they will confront in their practice. With the rapid and wide-spread technological advances of recent years, no single aspect of medicine has become as daunting as informatics. Physicians are now confronted with a broad and enormous range and volume of information. Accessing, managing and implementing this information is a serious task. This text has a practical, reader-friendly approach that provides access to key issues. It will provide the primary care physician with the fundamentals of informatics, including electronic medical record (EMR), electronic scheduling, billing and using scientific databases. As information continues to make the rapid leap from paper to bytes, this book is essential for staying current. It shows how to most effectively implement the changes to the advantage of both the physician and patient.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Thomas E. Norris
Contributors	ix
Overview of Primary Care Informatics	1	(11)
Thomas E. Norris
Electronic Medical Record (EMR)	12	(12)
Harold I. Goldberg
Importing Data from Other Programs and Databases: HL7 Interfaces	24	(11)
James I. Hoath
Importing Laboratory Data	35	(18)
James Fine
David Chou
Importing Images	53	(18)
Brent K. Stewart
Anthony J. Wilson
Steve G. Langer
Kelly P. Martin
Evidence-Based Medicine	71	(18)
John P. Geyman
Fredric M. Wolf
Clinical Decision Support	89	(14)
Peter Tarczy-Hornoch
Thomas H. Payne
Knowledge Resources: Finding Answers to Primary Care Questions	103	(17)
Debra S. Ketchell
Leilani St. Anna
Sherry Dodson
Sarah Safranek
Terry Ann Jankowski
Computer-Based Patient Education Resources and Instruction	120	(32)
Cezanne Garcia
Workflow Automation with Electronic Medical Records	152	(14)
Cedric J. Priebe III
Eric Rose
Privacy and Security of Patient Information	166	(8)
Paul D. Clayton
Electronic Billing for the Primary Care Physician	174	(13)
Peter J. House
Lydia Bartholomew
Reporting and Analysis	187	(27)
P. Jeffrey Hummel
Teresa A. Spellman-Gamble
Telecommunications in Primary Care	214	(21)
David Masuda
Index	235