Health Care Informatics: A Skills-Based Resource shows how to make better use of such computer-related health care tools as the Internet, telecommunication, handheld devices, and point-of-care technology.

Detailed chapters take readers through the practical application of specific concepts, providing objectives and activities that target key skills.

Key Features:

• 16 detailed chapters grounding health professionals in everything from computer hardware and software to health care information systems, telecommunications, the Internet, literature retrieval, evidence-based medicine, patient education, and information security
• Practical and accessible knowledge presented for both the computer-savvy and those less comfortable with today’s information technologies. Activities in each chapter that help you develop and apply health care informatics skills
• Chapter objectives that help instructors target material for classroom use

Contents

1. What is Informatics?
2. Computer and Network Basics
3. Data Processing in Health Care
4. Information Systems in Health Care
5. The Internet
6. Telecommunication in Health Care
7. Point of Care Technology
8. Literature Retrieval
9. Finding Resources Electronically
10. Evaluating the Literature
11. Tools for Bringing Evidence into Practice
12. Telehealth
13. E-commerce
14. Patient and Professional Education
15. Privacy, Security, HIPAA, IT Impact, and Related Matters
16. The Future of Health Care Informatics

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Index

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