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Healthcare informatics and information synthesis : developing and applying clinical knowledge to improve outcomes / John W. Williamson [and others].

Title: Healthcare informatics and information synthesis : developing and applying clinical knowledge to improve outcomes / John W. Williamson [and others].
Publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2002.

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Additional Authors

Williamson, John W., 1931-

Description

xxix, 673 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. Introduction: Healthcare Information Synthesis and Informatics -- Stage I. Planning and Preparation. 2. Syntheses Planning Prerequisites and Conceptual Issues. 3. Procedures for Synthesis Planning and Preparation. 4. Evaluation and Improvement of Stage I -- Stage II. Database Development. 5. Conceptual Issues in Database Development. 6. Healthcare Information Search Procedures. 7. Evaluation and Improvement of Stage II -- Stage III. Database Validation. 8. Data Extraction and Coding. 9. Principles of Information Validation. 10. Procedures for Database Validation. 11. Evaluation and Improvement of Stage III -- Stage IV. Information Analysis and Synthesis. 12. Basic Statistics for Quantitative Synthesis. 13. Conceptual Aspects of Meta-Analysis. 14. Step-by-Step Procedures for Meta-Analyses. 15. Evaluation and Improvement of Stage IV Results -- Stage V. Synthesis Report Completion and Evaluation. 16. Synthesis Manuscript Preparation Primer.
17. Applying Synthesis Results for Healthcare Outcomes Improvement. 18. Evaluation and Refinement of Synthesis Report. Compendium of Internet Sources and Addresses for Information Synthesis.

ISBN

0761908242

LCCN

2001006680

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries