Health Care Informatics: An Interdisciplinary Approach

FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATICS * Major Theories Supporting Health Care Informatics * Computer, Information, and Health Care Informatics Literacy * Understanding Databases * Supporting Administrative Decision Making * Supporting Clinical Decision MakinG * HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS * The Purpose, Structure, and Functions of Health Care Information Departments * Applications for Health Care Information Systems * Strategic and Tactical Planning for Health Care Information Systems * The Life Cycle of a Health Care Information System * Electronic Health Records * USING TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER HEALTH CARE EDUCATION * Technological Approaches to Communication * Technology and Distributed Education * e-Health Trends and Technologies. The Impact of the Internet on Health Care Providers and Patients * The Impact of Informatics on the Sociocultural Environment of Health Care * The Impact of Health Care Informatics on the Organization * Human-Computer Interaction in Health Care Organizations * The Implications of Information Technology for Research * Infrastructure to Support Health Care Informatics*Technical Standards Us ed in Health Care Informatics * Professional Health Care Informatics Standards * The Implications of Accreditation and Governmental Regulations for Health Care Informatics * Protection of Health Care Information * YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW * Unit 6 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow * The History of Health Care Informatics * The Future of Health Care Informatics Education * Future Directions in Health Care Informatics * Glossary