Strategic Information Management in Hospitals

by Haux, Reinhold; Ammenwerth, Elske; Winter, Alfred; Brigl, Birgit; Gardner, Reed M.

• ISBN13: 9780387403564
• ISBN10: 0387403566
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-07
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Strategic Information Management In Hospitals: An Introduction To Hospital Information Systems is a definitive volume written by four authoritative voices in medical informatics. Illustrating the importance of hospital information management in delivering high quality health care at the lowest possible cost, this book provides the essential resources needed by the medical informatics specialist to understand and successfully manage the complex nature of hospital information systems. Author of the book's Foreword, Reed M. Gardner, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Informatics, University of Utah and LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, applauds the text's focus on the underlying administrative systems that are in place in hospitals throughout the world. He writes, "These administrative systems are fundamental to the development and implementation of the even more challenging systems that acquire, process, and manage the patient's clinical information. Hospital information systems provide a major part of the information needed by those paying for health care." Chapter highlights include: significance of information processing in hospitals; information systems and their components; health information systems; architectures of hospital information systems; and organizational structures for information management.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Reed M. Gardner	v
Series Preface	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
1. Introduction	1	(24)
1.1 Significance of Information Processing in Hospitals	1	(5)
1.2 Progress in Information and Communication Technology	6	(5)
1.3 Importance of Systematic Information Management	11	(6)
1.4 Examples	17	(5)
1.5 Exercises	22	(1)
1.6 Summary	23	(2)
2. Basic Concepts	25	(20)
2.1 Introduction	25	(1)
2.2 Data, Information, and Knowledge	25	(1)
2.3 Information Systems and Their Components	26	(4)
2.4 Hospital Information Systems	30	(3)
2.5 Health Information Systems	33	(2)
2.6 Information Management in Hospitals	35	(1)
2.7 Examples	36	(3)
2.8 Exercises	39	(3)
2.9 Summary	42	(3)
3. What Do Hospital Information Systems Look Like?	45	(106)
3.1 Introduction	45	(1)
3.2 Hospital Functions	45	(17)
3.3 Modeling Hospital Information Systems	62	(17)
3.4 A Metamodel for Modeling HIS: 3LGM	79	(9)
3.5 Information Processing Tools in Hospitals	88	(24)
3.6 Architectures of Hospital Information Systems	112	(11)
3.7 Integrity and Integration Within Hospital Information Systems	123	(16)
3.8 Example	139	(10)
3.9 Exercises	149	(1)
3.10 Summary	149	(2)
4. What Are Good Hospital Information Systems?	151	(26)
4.1 Introduction	151	(1)
4.2 Quality of Structures	152	(7)
4.3 Quality of Processes	159	(5)
4.4 Outcome Quality	164	(4)
4.5 Balance as a Challenge for Information Management	168	(3)
4.6 Examples	171	(4)
4.7 Exercise	175	(1)
4.8 Summary	176	(1)
5. How to Strategically Manage Hospital Information Systems	177	(44)
5.1 Introduction	177	(1)
5.2 Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Information Management	177	(10)
5.3 Organizational Structures for Information Management	187	(7)
5.4 Strategic Planning of Hospital Information Systems	194	(10)
5.5 Strategic Monitoring of Hospital Information Systems	204	(9)
5.6 Strategic Directing of Hospital Information Systems	213	(2)
5.7 Examples	215	(3)
5.8 Exercises	218	(1)
5.9 Summary	219	(2)
6. Final Remarks	221	(2)
Appendix A: Thesaurus	223	(28)
Appendix B: Bibliography	251	(4)
Appendix C: List of Examples and Exercises	255	(4)
About the Authors	259	(4)
Index	263