Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals - Softcover

Hebda BSN M.N.Ed. Ph.D. MSIS , Toni Lee; Czar RN, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135043948 ISBN 13: 9780135043943

Verlag: Pearson, 2008

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This useful handbook introduces nurses and other health care professionals to the most current application of computer-related technology in the health care environment.  Included are the various forms of electronic communication and ways to use it more effectively. New coverage of web-based technology, search tools, and evaluation criteria for online material are presented along with regulatory and accreditation requirements, such as HIPAA. Completely updated, the fourth edition offers a clearly written overview of informatics, as well as practical applications of computer-based education for day-to-day use.

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Toni Hebda, RN, PhD, is a nurse clinician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She has worked as a system analyst and adjunct faculty for Duquesne University School of Nursing, having taught both nursing informatics and clinical courses. Her interest in informatics provided a focus for her dissertation and subsequently led her to help establish a regional nursing informatics support group and obtain a graduate degree in information science and ANCC certification as informatics nurse. She is a reviewer for the Online Journal of Nursing Informatics.

 

Patricia Czar, RN, is an Information Systems Consultant. She has been active in informatics for more than 25 years, serving as manager of clinical systems at a major medical center where she was responsible for planning, design, implementation, and ongoing support for all of the clinical information systems. She has been an active member of several informatics groups and has presented nationally and internationally. Ms. Czar has served as mentor for nursing and health informatics students and has a Microcomputer Specialist certificate.

 

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Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Health Care Professionals

Fourth Edition

Toni Hebda and Patricia Czar

 

This useful handbook introduces nurses and other health care professionals to the most current application of computer-related technology in the health care environment.  Included are the various forms of electronic communication and ways to use it more effectively. New coverage of web-based technology, search tools, and evaluation criteria for online material are presented along with regulatory and accreditation requirements, such as HIPAA. Completely updated, the fourth edition offers a clearly written overview of informatics, as well as practical applications of computer-based education for day-to-day use.

 

This edition includes:

 

• Expanded coverage of mobile computing and PDAs
• Definition and applications of telehealth
• Development and use of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
• The role of strategic planning in information management and system design and implementation.
• Disaster planning and recovery chapter with specific measure for the protection and back-up of information.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pearson
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0135043948
• ISBN 13: 9780135043943
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 576
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italien