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Awarded second place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Information Technology category. See how information technology intersects with health care! Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 2nd Edition prepares you for success in today's technology-filled healthcare practice. Concise coverage includes information systems and applications such as electronic health records, clinical decision support, telehealth, ePatients, and social media tools, as well as system implementation. New to this edition are topics including data science and analytics, mHealth, principles of project management, and contract negotiations. Written by expert informatics educators Ramona Nelson and Nancy Staggers, this edition enhances the book that won a 2013 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award! Experts from a wide range of health disciplines cover the latest on the interprofessional aspects of informatics - a key Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative and a growing specialty area in nursing. Case studies encourage higher-level thinking about how concepts apply to real-world nursing practice. Discussion questions challenge you to think critically and to visualize the future of health informatics. Objectives, key terms and an abstract at the beginning of each chapter provide an overview of what you will learn. Conclusion and Future Directions section at the end of each chapter describes how informatics will continue to evolve as healthcare moves to an interprofessional foundation. NEW! Updated chapters reflect the current and evolving practice of health informatics, using real-life healthcare examples to show how informatics applies to a wide range of topics and issues. NEW mHealth chapter discusses the use of mobile technology, a new method of health delivery - especially for urban or under-served populations - and describes the changing levels of responsibility for both patients and providers. NEW Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare chapter shows how Big Data - as well as analytics using data mining and knowledge discovery techniques - applies to healthcare. NEW Project Management Principles chapter discusses proven project management tools and techniques for coordinating all types of health informatics-related projects. NEW Contract Negotiations chapter describes strategic methods and tips for negotiating a contract with a healthcare IT vendor. NEW Legal Issues chapter explains how federal regulations and accreditation processes may impact the practice of health informatics. NEW HITECH Act chapter explains the regulations relating to health informatics in the Health Information Technology for Education and Clinical Health Act as well as the Meaningful Use and Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.… (more)
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1. Introduction to Health Informatics / Nancy Staggers / Ramona Nelson -- 2. Theoretical Foundations of Health Informatics / Nancy Staggers / Ramona Nelson -- 3. Evidence-Based Practice, Practice-Based Evidence, and Health Informatics / Kathleen R. Stevens / Susan D. Horn / Ramona Nelson / Vikrant G. Deshmukh / Sandra A. Mitchell / Jacob Kean
4. Models, Theories, and Research for Program Evaluation / Charlene R. Weir -- 5. Technical Infrastructure to Support Healthcare / Scott P. Narus -- 6. Electronic Health Records and Applications for Managing Patient Care / Charlotte A. Seckman
7. Administrative Applications Supporting Healthcare Delivery / Michael H. Kennedy / Kathy H. Wood / Gerald R. Ledlow -- 8. Telehealth and Applications for Delivering Care at a Distance / Loretta Schlachta-Fairchild / Mitra Rocca / Vicky Elfrink Cordi / Andrea Day / Diane Castelli / Kathleen MacMahon / Dianna Vice-Pasch / Daniel A. Nagel / Antonia Arnaert -- 9. Home Health and Related Community-Based Systems / Karen S. Martin / Karen B. Utterback
10. Clinical Decision Support Systems in Healthcare / Kensaku Kawamoto / Guilherme Del Fiol -- 11. Public Health Informatics / Catherine Janes Staes -- 12. Engaged ePatient / Sally Okun / Christine A. Caligtan
13. Social Media Tools for Practice and Education / Heather Carter-Templeton -- 14. Personal Health Records / Bryan Gibson / Kathleen G. Charters -- 15. mHealth: The Intersection of Mobile Technology and Health / Sarah J. Iribarren / Rebecca Schnall
16. Strategic Planning and Selecting an Information System / Cynthia M. Mascara / Mical Debrow -- 17. Project Management Principles for Health Informatics / Michele Mills -- 18. Contract Negotiations and Software Licensing / Jon C. Christiansen
19. Implementing and Upgrading an Information System / Christine D. Meyer -- 20. Downtime and Disaster Recovery for Health Information Systems / Nancy C. Brazelton / Ann M. Lyons -- 21. Improving the User Experience for Health Information Technology / Nancy Staggers
22. Informatics-Related Standards and Standards-Setting Organizations / Tae Youn Kim / Susan A. Matney -- 23. Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare / Mollie R. Cummins / Louis Luangkesorn / Nancy Staggers -- 24. Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives in Health Informatics / Patricia C. Dykes Kumiko O. Schnock
25. Legal Issues, Federal Regulations, and Accreditation / Jonathan M. Ishee / Shannon Majoras / Robin L. Canowitz -- 26. Privacy and Security / David L. Gibbs / Nancy Staggers / Ramona Nelson / Angel Hoffman / -- 27. The Health Information Technology for Education and Clinical Health Act, Meaningful Use, and Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 / Michele P. Madison
28. Health Policy and Health Informatics / Joyce Sensmeier / Judy Murphy -- 29. Health Information Technology Governance / Jim Turnbull / Kensaku Kawamoto -- 30. Informatics in the Curriculum for Healthcare Professionals / E. La Verne Manos / Helen B. Connors / Judith J. Warren / Teresa Stenner
31. Distance Education: Applications, Techniques, and Issues / Irene Joos -- 32. Informatics Tools for Educating Healthcare Professionals / William Scott Erdley / Kay M. Sackett-Fitzgerald -- 33. Simulation in Healthcare Education / Valerie M. Howard / Kim Leighton / Teresa Gore
34. International Efforts, Issues, and Innovations / Hyeoun-Ae Park / Nicholas R. Hardiker -- 35. Evolution of Health Informatics / Ramona Nelson -- 36. Future Directions and Future Research in Health Informatics / Nancy Staggers / Ramona Nelson / David E. Jones
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