The Clinician's Guide to Surviving IT

Univ. of Central Lancashire, UK. Explains the information technology developments in place in the NHS, and how clinicians can survive the changes. Includes information on how informatics can improve patient care, help with practice and development, facilitate integrated care, empower patients, and more. For clinicians. British-oriented. Softcover.

Foreword

v

Preface

vii

Part I: What can informatics do for me?

1

(74)

Informatics is important, honest

3

(10)

Why should we care about informatics?

3

(3)

Why do our leaders care about informatics?

6

(1)

Does it really work?

7

(6)

Informatics can improve patient care

13

(12)

Keeping better records

13

(2)

Preventing harm to patients

15

(2)

How having better information available would save lives

17

(2)

Not just about preventing harm

19

(1)

Improvements mean change

20

(5)

Informatics can help with professional practice and development

25

(20)

Informatics can help you find information

25

(1)

Resources to help you find information

26

(10)

Informatics can help you present information

36

(6)

Informatics can help you record your professional development

42

(3)

Informatics can facilitate integrated care

45

(18)

Joined-up care needs joined-up information

45

(2)

A case study from mental health

47

(6)

NPfIT: from jigsaw to trainset - the vision

53

(4)

NPfIT: from jigsaw to trainset - the reality

57

(4)

Conclusions

61

(2)

Informatics can empower patients

63

(12)

The patients - remember them?

63

(1)

Facilitating self-management

63

(3)

Informing patient decisions: beyond paternalism

66

(9)

Part II: What do I need to do for informatics?

75

(64)

Be professional

77

(16)

Your professional responsibilities

77

(1)

Codes of conduct

78

(3)

Record keeping

81

(1)

New consultation skills

82

(4)

What do I need to know?

86

(7)

Data standards

93

(12)

Boring but important

93

(1)

The bits someone else will worry about

93

(1)

The bits you have to worry about

93

(3)

What type of problems are there and how do we spot them?

96

(4)

SNOMED: the future (?)

100

(5)

Keep information safe

105

(22)

Information governance

105

(1)

Data protection

106

(1)

Confidentiality

107

(9)

Freedom of information

116

(1)

What are the risks?

117

(10)

Involve the patients in decision making

127

(10)

Consent

127

(4)

Accessibility to information for patients

131

(6)

Conclusions

137

(2)

References

139

(2)

Bibliography

141

(2)

Index

143

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