Information Technology for the Health Professions - Softcover

Lillian, Burke; Barbara, Weill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013159933X ISBN 13: 9780131599338

Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

The third edition of Information Technology for the Health Professions examines the impact of information technology on a wide variety of health care fields.  These include telemedicine, radiology, pharmacy, dentistry, surgery, rehabilitative therapies, and public health.  The book includes the latest information on medical informatics, informational resources, and electronic record keeping in the Health Information Technology decade.  The issues raised by global warming and by the possibilities of new pandemics make the addition of the chapter on information technology in public health particularly timely.  The author's approach provides students with an accessible presentation of the most current computer and medical technologies.  The updated chapter on privacy and security includes new information including the Real ID Act of 2005–a law requiring every American to have an electronic ID card.

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The third edition of Information Technology for the Health Professions examines the impact of information technology on a wide variety of health care fields. These include telemedicine, radiology, pharmacy, dentistry, surgery, rehabilitative therapies, and public health. The book includes the latest information on medical informatics, informational resources, and electronic record keeping in the Health Information Technology decade. The issues raised by global warming and by the possibilities of new pandemics make the addition of the chapter on information technology in public health particularly timely. The author's approach provides students with an accessible presentation of the most current computer and medical technologies. The updated chapter on privacy and security includes new information including the Real ID Act of 2005-a law requiring every American to have an electronic ID card.

Biografía del autor

Lillian Burke, PhD, is a Psychologist and Assistant Director of the Redpath Centre (Toronto, Ontario). She obtained a Doctorate in Clinical and Developmental Psychology from York University (Toronto, Ontario) in 1993. Dr. Burke first specialized in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) in the early 1980s, and since then, has continued to work with children and adults who have ASDs and developmental disabilities. In 1994, she began working with children, youth and adults with Asperger Syndrome and other mild forms of ASDs. She has been previously employed by several agencies providing clinical services to individuals with developmental disabilities, their families and the agencies that support them. In her private practice, her primary activity is assessment of and consultation to individuals who have ASDs and in particular, Asperger Syndrome. As well as clinical work, she has carried out research and published extensively on the area of ASDs and developmental disabilities in adults.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Financial Times Prentice Hall
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 013159933X
• ISBN 13: 9780131599338
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 360
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar