BookBall, Marion J.; Kiel, Joan M.; Kim, George R.
Summary: This new edition of the classic textbook provides bold and honest descriptions of the current and evolving state of US healthcare information technology. Emerging technologies and novel practice and business models are changing the delivery and management of healthcare, as innovation and adoption meet new needs and challenges, such as those posed by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Many facets of these are presented in this volume: The increasing mutual impact of information technology and healthcare with respect to costs, workforce training and leadership The changing state of healthcare IT privacy, security, interoperability and data sharing through health information exchange The rise and growing importance of telehealth/telemedicine in the era of COVID-19 Innovations and trends in the development and deployment of health IT in public health, disease modeling and tracking, and clinical/population health research Current work in health IT as it is used in patient safety, chronic disease management, critical care, rehabilitation/long-term/home-based patient care and care coordination "Brave new world" visions of healthcare and health IT, with forward- looking considerations of the impact of artificial intelligence, machine learning on healthcare equity and policy Building on the success of previous editions, this 5th edition of Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies, and Solutions provides healthcare professionals insights to new frontiers and to the directions being taken in the technical, organizational, business and management aspects of information technology in the ongoing quest to optimize healthcare quality and cost, and to improve universal health at all levels.
Contents:
The Current State
The Current State of US Healthcare and Information Infrastructure
Meeting the Quadruple Aim: How and why Healthcare Information Systems STILL deliver less than expected: What is (and is not) being done
Current State and Evolution of Healthcare Payments
Data Governance
Interoperability: Technical
Interoperability: Policy/Business
Information Security and Assurance
Streamlining for Medical Innovation in the Data Era: The 21st century Cures Act
Patient Safety
Patient Engagement and Activation
Ambulatory and Patient Self-care Support for Chronic Condition Care Over Time
Health IT in Managing Complex Conditions and Care: Oncology
Telemedicine
Leveraging HIT to Understand and Guide Community, Public and Population Health
Real-Time Management of Patient Data in Critical Care for Optimizing Patient Care
Various Technologies: NLP, Blockchain, ML/AI
Visions and Roadmap for HIMS
Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Information and Ethics
The Learning Healthcare System.