Adaptive Health Management Information Systems: Concepts, Cases and Practical Applications

This book covers all the fundamental concepts of Health Management Information Systems (HMIS), provides relevant and current HMIS cases throughout, and touches on emerging technologies. Topics include: information systems from a managerial perspective; roles of cio/cto for healthcare services organizations; HMIS hardware/software concepts; HMIS database concepts; HMIS standards, privacy, and security concepts; HMIS communications and networking concepts; HMIS strategic planning; HMIS investigation & analysis; HMIS design, implementation, and evaluation; e-healthcare information systems; healthcare information systems; use of HMIS emerging technologies and its impact on human health.

PrefacePreface
PartPART I HMIS FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS
ChapterChapter 1. HMIS: A Managerial Perspective
ChapterChapter 2. HMIS Executives: CEO/CIO Roles & Responsibilities in Healthcare Services Organizations
UnitResearch Brief I: Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) Enhance Data Collection Efficiency During a Study of Waiting Times in an Emergency Department
ChapterChapter 3. Online Health Information Seeking: Access and Digital Equity Considerations
UnitTechnology Brief I: Fundamentals of Internet & Associated Technologies for Healthcare Services Organizations
PartPART II HMIS TECHNOLOGY & APPLICATIONS
ChapterChapter 4. HMIS Enterprise Software: The New Generation HMIS Administrative Applications
UnitTechnology Brief II: Basic Hardware, Software & Interface Concepts
ChapterChapter 5. Community Health Information Networks (CHIN): Building Virtual Communities and Networking Health Provider Organizations
UnitTechnology Brief III: Telecommunications & Network Concepts for Healthcare Services Organizations
ChapterChapter 6. Trending towards Patient-Centric Management Systems
UnitTechnology Brief IV: Database, Data Mining & Data Warehousing Concepts for Healthcare Services Organizations
ChapterChapter 7. HMIS Integration: Achieving Systems Interoperability with Web Services
PartPART III HMIS PLANNING & MANAGEMENT
ChapterChapter 8. HMSISP/IR: Health Management Strategic IS Planning/Information Requirements
ChapterChapter 9. Systems Development: HMIS Analysis & Developmental Methodologies
ChapterChapter 10. Data Stewardship: Foundation for HMIS Design, Implementation & Evaluation
ChapterChapter 11. Managing HMIS Projects: Systems Implementation & IT Services Management
PartPART IV HMIS STANDARDS, POLICY, GOVERNANCE & FUTURE
ChapterChapter 12. HMIS Standards: Standards Adoption in Healthcare IT
UnitPolicy Brief I: HIPPA, Privacy & Security Issues for Healthcare Services Organizations
ChapterChapter 13. HMIS Governance, Policy & International Perspectives: HMIS Globalization through E-Health
ChapterChapter 14. HMIS Innovation: Managing Innovation Diffusion In Healthcare Services Organizations
PartPART V HMIS Practices & Cases
CaseCase 1 - Emergency Medical Transportation Resource Deployment
CaseCase 2 - The Clinical Reminder System (CRS)
CaseCase 3 - Integrating Electronic Medical Records and Disease Management at Dryden Family Medicine
CaseCase 4 - Delivering Enterprise-Wide Decision Support through E-Business Applications
CaseCase 5 - Mapping the Road to the Fountain of Youth