Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of informatics for nurses and health care professionals / Toni Hebda, Patricia Czar, Cynthia Mascara.

Author

Hebda, Toni.

Publication

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Czar, Patricia.
• Mascara, Cynthia.

Description

xxv, 464 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Health Care Professionals is an introduction to the computer technology used by nurses & other health care professionals. It offers an overview of informatics, as well as practical information for day-to-day use."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Nursing informatics > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Medical informatics > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Medical Informatics
• Nursing
• Allied Health Personnel

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. 1. General computer information -- Ch. 1. Informatics in the health care professions -- Ch. 2. Hardware, software, and the roles of support personnel -- Ch. 3. Ensuring the quality of information -- Ch. 4. Electronic communication and the Internet -- Sect. 2. Health care information systems -- Ch. 5. Health care information systems -- Ch. 6. Strategic planning -- Ch. 7. Selecting a health care information system -- Ch. 8. System implementation and maintenance -- Ch. 9. Information systems training -- Ch. 10. Information security and confidentiality -- Ch. 11. System integration -- Ch. 12. The electronic health record -- Ch. 13. Regulatory and accreditation issues -- Ch. 14. Contingency planning and disaster recovery -- Sect. 3. Specialty applications -- Ch. 15. Using the computer to support health care education -- Ch. 16. Telehealth -- Ch. 17. Research.

ISBN

0131512625 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004007466

OCLC

• ocm54906877
• SCSB-5171654

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries