Health Information Management: Integrating Information and Communication Technology in Health Care Work

by Marc Berg

Overview

In almost all Western countries, concerted efforts are made to stimulate the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in health care. Yet the number of success stories are few and the frustrations many. In this key textbook, readers are introduced to the challenges, the lessons learned and the new insights of health information managem

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134377190
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/04/2003
Series:	Health Management
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	252
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Marc Berg is Professor of Social-Medical Sciences at the Institute of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Starting Points Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Waiting for Godot 3. Health Care Work and Patient Care Information Systems 4. The Contextual Nature of Information 5. Meeting the Challenge 6. Designing Interactions Part 2: Information Strategy, Implementation and Evaluation 7. Information Strategy 8. Developing the Information Strategy 9. Implementing Information Systems in Health Care Organizations 10. Project Management of Innovative PCIS Implementations in Healthcare 11. Evaluation of Patient Care Information Systems