Essentials of Health Information Systems and Technology

Description:

As health care and public health continue to evolve, the field of Health Information Systems (HIS) has introduced a complicated set of new, emerging, competing, and synergistic technologies and services. This guide unravels the mysteries of HIS by breaking these technologies down to their component parts and providing a clear and reader-friendly account of the concepts involved. Topics include an HIS overview, systems and management, health informatics, data and analytics, research and policy as it relates to public health, and the future direction of HIS.

subjects: Medicine, information services,  Health Information Systems,  Medical Informatics,  Information storage and retrieval systems--medicine,  Medicine--information technology,  R858 .b35 2015,  2014 k-612,  W 26.55.i4,  W 26.55.i4 b185e 2015,  610.285,  Information storage and retrieval systems,  Medicine,  Information technology