Guide to Health Informatics

This essential text provides a readable yet sophisticated overview of the basic concepts of information technologies as they apply in healthcare. Spanning areas as diverse as the electronic medical record, searching, protocols, and communications as well as the Internet, Enrico Coiera has succeeded in making this vast and complex area accessible and understandable to the non-specialist, while providing everything that students of medical informatics need to know to accompany their course. Fully revised, the third edition of Guide to Health Informatics remains essential reading for all health science undergraduates, clinical health professionals, and health service managers who need to appreciate and understand the role of informatics and its associated technologies for optimal practice and service delivery.

Basic Concepts in InformaticsModelsInformationInformation SystemsInformatics SkillsCommunicatingStructuringQuestioningSearchingMaking DecisionsInformation Systems in HealthcareInformation Management SystemsThe Electronic Health RecordDesigning and Evaluating Information and Communication SystemsImplementationInformation System SafetyInformation EconomicsGuideline- and Protocol-Based SystemsGuidelines, Protocols and Evidence-Based HealthcareComputer-Based Protocol SystemsDesigning, Disseminating and Applying protocolsCommunication Systems in HealthcareCommunication Systems BasicsInterlude—the Internet and the World Wide WebInformation and Communication NetworksSocial Networks and Social Media InterventionsTelehealth and Mobile HealthLanguage, Coding and ClassificationTerms, Codes and ClassificationHealthcare Terminologies and Classification SystemsNatural Language and Formal TerminologyClinical Decision Support and AnalyticsClinical Decision Support SystemsInterlude—Artificial Intelligence in MedicineComputational Reasoning MethodsModel Building for Decision Support, Data Analysis and Scientific DiscoverySpecialized Applications for Health InformaticsPatient Monitoring and ControlPopulation Surveillance and Public Health InformaticsBioinformaticsClinical Bioinformatics and Personalized MedicineConsumer Health InformaticsGlossaryReferences

Edited by Enrico Coiera, PhD, professor and director, Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia