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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454998303321

Autore

Sullivan Frank (Frank M.)

Titolo

ABC of health informatics [[electronic resource] /] / Frank Sullivan, Jeremy C. Wyatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-282-11823-4

9786612118234

1-4443-1280-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (54 p.)

Collana

ABC series

Altri autori (Persone)

WyattJ (Jeremy)

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Medical informatics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is health information? -- Is a consultation needed? -- Why is this patient here today? -- How decision support tools help define clinical problems -- How computers can help to share understanding with patients -- How informatics tools help deal with patients' problems -- How computers help make efficient use of consultations -- Referral or follow-up? -- Keeping up: learning in the workplace -- Improving services with informatics tools -- Communication and navigation around the healthcare system -- eHealth and the future: promise or peril?

Sommario/riassunto

New addition to the ABC series looking at how technology can aid health care  This ABC focuses on how patient data, health knowledge, and local service information are managed during the routine tasks that make up clinical work. It looks at medical record keeping, how to use the information that records contain for clinical, quality improvement and research activities, how to use new media to communicate with clinical colleagues and patients, and the availability and uses of clinical knowledge resources.  After a short introduction to health informatics, each chapter i