Description
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Tables, Figures, and Exhibits xi
Foreword xv
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xxxi
The Authors xxxiii
Part 1 Health Care Information 1
1 Introduction to Health Care Information 3
2 Health Care Data Quality 49
3 Health Care Information Regulations, Laws, and Standards 67
Part 2 Health Care Information Systems 101
4 History and Evolution of Health Care Information Systems 103
5 Clinical Information Systems 133
6 Federal Efforts to Enhance Quality of Patient Care through the Use of Health Information Technology 179
7 System Acquisition 209
8 System Implementation and Support 241
Part 3 Information Technology 271
9 Technologies That Support Health Care Information Systems 273
10 Health Care Information System Standards 317
11 Security of Health Care Information Systems 351
Part 4 Senior Management IT Challenges 393
12 Organizing Information Technology Services 395
13 IT Alignment and Strategic Planning 437
14 Strategy Considerations 467
15 IT Governance and Management 491
16 Management’s Role in Major IT Initiatives 521
17 Assessing and Achieving Value in Health Care Information Systems 555
18 Health IT Leadership: A Compendium of Case Studies 595
Appendixes
A. Overview of the Health Care IT Industry 641
B. Sample Project Charter 653
C. International Adoption and Use of Health Information Technology 665
Index 681
