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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE IBD

COGNELLA ACADEMIC PUBLISHING
09 / 2016
9781634876346
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Sinopsis

Information Technology in Healthcare: What Professionals Need to Knowáintroduces students in the healthcare, nursing, and allied health professions to information technology. The material narrows the reader',s understanding of the general termádatain order to explain primary components of information technology as it applies specifically to healthcare fields.áThe book describes key concepts in the new discipline of health informatics, particularly electronic medical records, which are now widely used in health care. The five sections of the books cover the four primary components of medical information. Parts I and III focus on databases, Part II discusses electronic medical records, Part IV is devoted to the network, and Part V addresses software engineering.áWritten with an eye to current uses of technology in the field and designed for today',s healthcare professionals,áInformation Technology in Healthcareáis an excellent text for courses in healthcare administration, and undergraduate nursing and allied health programs.Min Wuáholds a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of North Carolina. Now an associate professor in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, his research focuses on identifying unmet medical needs and implementing technological solutions to meet them. His writing has appeared in theáJournal of Medical Informatics, theáJournal of Medical Systems, andáAcademic Radiology. Dr. Wu is a past recipient of the Best Article Award for his work in theáJournal of Digital Imaging.