Healthcare Information Systems

Updated with expanded coverage of HIPAA, wireless networks and communications, telemedicine, and the increased role of the Internet in all facets of healthcare, this second edition provides complete coverage on all aspects of information technology as it relates to the healthcare industry. It prepares IT professionals for the challenges they will face in the healthcare arena. The text presents up-to-date information on the technologies involved and explains how they interrelate and affect healthcare organizations. The editorial board demonstrates how to use information technology to deal with increasing government regulations and assist with administration processes.

The move to manage medicine from a financial perspective, i.e. managed care, has added huge layers of bureaucratic and administrative functions to healthcare. The need to have the ability to track patient medical records, mandated by government legislation such as HIPAA, is bringing new technologies and processes into the healthcare arena. A universal medical record system and absolute patient portability is a definite possibility in the not too distant future. All of these issues beg for clear IT solutions.

Healthcare Information Systems, Second Edition approaches these challenges and opportunitites as pieces of a complex puzzle. It not only brings you up-to-date on the technology involved, but also explains how that technology interrelates and affects healthcare organizations. The book gives you complete coverage of all aspects of information technology as it relates to the healthcare industry.

In Healthcare Information Systems you will find:

An overview of healthcare systems

Tips on disaster planning and system security

Improving quality, reducing risks, and understanding costs

An in-depth look into the HIPAA regulations

EMR and the data warehouse

Information on managing the healthcare community

A look at the changing organization

Views on telemedicine, the Internet, and emerging technologies

Ideas on using IT to deal with increasing government regulation

In addition, the new edition has expanded coverage of HIPAA, wireless networks and communications, telemedicine, and the increasing role of the Internet in all facets of healthcare. Healthcare Information Systems presents workable solutions to the real problems you will face both today and tomorrow.