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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Lillian Burke; Barbara Weill |
ISBN: | 9780132897648 0132897644 |
OCLC Number: | 788259186 |
Description: | xi, 340 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction to information technology : hardware, software, and telecommunications -- Medical informatics : the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, HITECH, and the health information technology decade -- An introduction to the administrative applications of computers : practice management, scheduling, and accounting -- Telemedicine -- Information technology in public health -- Information technology in radiology -- Information technology in surgery : the cutting edge -- Information technology in pharmacy -- Information technology in dentistry -- Informational resources : computer-assisted instruction, expert systems, health information online -- Information technology in rehabilitative therapies : computerized medical devices, assistive technology, and prosthetic devices -- Security and privacy in an electronic age -- Glossary. |
Responsibility: | Lillian Burke, Barbara Weill. |
Abstract:
Now significantly expanded and fully updated, IN FORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS, 4/e is the ideal information technology primer for readers working in any healthcare field, including allied health, nursing, medical/dental/pharmaceutical assisting, or medical administration. It fully addresses each key issue in contemporary healthcare IT, including the accelerating migration towards electronic health records. New coverage includes: smartphones, tablets, and their healthcare applications; the role of healthcare reform in promoting health IT; EHR meaningful use criteria; new practice management scheduling software; the growth of telemedicine; new problems in public health; interventional radiology; surgery-related nanotechnology; information-related biotech and pharmaceutical trends; expanded applications in psychiatry and rehabilitation; genetic privacy; and much more.
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