ABC of health informatics / Frank Sullivan, Jeremy C. Wyatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Frank (Frank M.)

Contributor:

Wyatt, J. (Jeremy)

Series:

Seria ABC

ABC series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical informatics.

Medical Informatics.

Medical Subjects:

Medical Informatics.

Physical Description:

vii, 46 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Summary:

By investigating the better use of information, health informatics helps clinicians to improve their decision making and communications activity, and so enhances patient outcomes. This ABC focuses on how patient data, health knowledge, and local service information are managed during the routine tasks that make up clinical work. It explores issues such as medical record keeping, how to use the information that records contain for clinical, quality improvement and research activities, how to use new media to communicate with clinical colleagues and patients, and the availability and uses of clinical knowledge resources. A final chapter considers the implications of informatics and eHealth for the future of the health professions and their work.

After a short introduction to health informatics, each chapter is organised around a typical patient scenario that illustrates information dilemmas arising in clinical consultations. These practical case studies help make the link between prescribing and treatment. The book also includes a glossary of health informatics terms.

In common with all books in the ABC series, the authors demystify the subject using numerous practical examples, diagrams, tables, and evidence. As a result, this ABC offers a clear, concise, and authoritative overview of this topical area. It is a valuable handbook for clinicians working in primary and community care, hospitals, and public health. Medical, nursing, health sciences, informatics, and other students will also find it inspiring and useful.

Contents:

What is health information?

Is a consultation needed?

Why is this patient here today?

How decision support tools help define clinical problems

How computers can help to share understanding with patients

How informatics tools help deal with patients' problems

How computers help make efficient use of consultations

Referral or follow-up?

Keeping up: learning in the workplace

Improving services with informatics tools

Communication and navigation around the healthcare system

eHealth and the future: promise or peril?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0727918508

OCLC:

62759365

Publisher Number:

9780727918505