Impact of healthcare informatics on quality of patient care and health services

Recent healthcare reform and its provisions have pushed health information technology (HIT) into the forefront. Higher life expectancies, fewer medical errors, lower costs, and improved transparency are all possible through HIT. Taking an integrated approach, Impact of Healthcare Informatics on Qual...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: SRINIVASAN SRIDHAR, DIVYA (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : CRC Press 2017.
Boca Raton : [2013]
Edition:1st edition
Series:Gale eBooks
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628483206719
Table of Contents:
  • HIPAA : stakeholder impacts and effects of provisions of the HITECH Act
  • Organizational culture : what is needed to adopt HIT across different types of hospitals?
  • Health economics : organizational finance and healthcare IT
  • Cost benefit analysis and funding EMRs
  • Analyzing the presence of EMRs across different health providers
  • EMR impacts on quality of care and cost to the patient
  • The physician and perceptions : medical malpractice and impacts from HIT usage
  • Reduction in bioterrorism through the usage of EMRs
  • The direction of health informatics and the future : the E-health industry.