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Summary
A practical guide to applying healthcare IT and nursing informatics, Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals is a complete, up-to-date overview of key issues related to adopting and applying healthcare IT and nursing informatics. It provides nurses and other healthcare professionals with a much-needed practical guide to using computer applications and healthcare information systems. The authors cover the concepts, skills, and tasks needed to achieve national IT goals to help transform healthcare delivery. The 6th edition reflects rapid changes in healthcare IT and informatics, and builds upon the expertise of contributors involved in day-to-day informatics practice, education, and research." Publisher's website description
Call Number
RT 50.5 .H43 2019
Edition
6th ed.
Publication
New York, New York : Pearson, 2019
Description
xix, 471 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Subjects
Allied Health Personnel Medical Informatics - Handbooks, Manuals, Etc Medical informatics Nursing Nursing Informatics - Handbooks, Manuals, Etc Nursing informatics
Contents and Notes
An overview of informatics in healthcare -- Informatics theoryand practice -- Effective and ethical use of data and information -- Electronic resources for healthcare professionals -- Using informatics to support evidence-based practice and research -- Policy, legislation, and regulation issues for informatics practice -- Electronic health record systems -- Healthcare information systems -- Strategic planning, project management, and health information technology selection -- Improving the usability of health informatics applications -- System implementation, maintenance, and evaluation -- Workforce development -- Information security and confidentiality -- Information networks and information exchange -- The role of standardized terminology and language in informatics -- Continuity planning and management (disaster recovery) -- Using informatics to educate -- Consumer health informatics -- Connected healthcare (telehealth and technology-enabled healthcare) -- Public health informatics Uniform title: Handbook of informatics for nurses and health care professionals
Authors and Contributors
Hebda, Toni
System ID
861a615ecb
ISBN
9780134711010
Authors and Contributors
Hebda, Toni
Forms and Genres
Book
Handbooks and manuals
Non-Fiction
Subjects
Allied Health Personnel
Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
Medical Informatics
Nursing
Nursing Informatics