Bookedited by Aziz Sheikh, Kathrin M. Cresswell, Adam Wright, David W. Bates ; foreword by Sir John Savill.
Summary: Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology provides a state-of-the-art overview of the most current subjects in clinical informatics. Leading international authorities write short, accessible, well-referenced chapters which bring readers up-to-date with key developments and likely future advances in the relevant subject areas. This book encompasses topics such as inpatient and outpatient clinical information systems, clinical decision support systems, health information technology, genomics, mobile health, telehealth and cloud-based computing. Additionally, it discusses privacy, confidentiality and security required for health data. Edited by internationally recognized authorities in the field of clinical informatics, the book is a valuable resource for medical/nursing students, clinical informaticists, clinicians in training, practicing clinicians and allied health professionals with an interest in health informatics.
Contents:
An overview of clinical informatics
Inpatient clinical information systems
Outpatient clinical information systems
Electronic clinical documentation
Interoperability
Privacy and security
Public policy and health informatics
Health information technology and value
Organizational and behavioral issues
Medication management, and laboratory and radiology testing
Bioinformatics and precision medicine
Clinical decision support and knowledge management
Mobile health
A sociotechnical approach to electronic health record related safety
Predictive analytics and population health
An apps-based information economy in healthcare
Cloud-based computing
Social and consumer informatics
Machine learning in healthcare
The future of medical informatics.