Implementing an Electronic Health Record System (Health Informatics)

Buckley, Sandra;Walker, James M.;Richards, Frank;Bieber, Eric J.

ISBN 10: 1852338261 / ISBN 13: 9781852338268

Editore: Springer Verlag, Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2005

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• Titolo: Implementing an Electronic Health Record System (Health Informatics)
• Editore: Springer Verlag, Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1852338261
• ISBN 13: 9781852338268
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

- Practical in its scope and coverage, the authors have provided a tool-kit for the medical professional in the often complex field of medical informatics

- All editors are from the Geisinger Health System, which has one of the largest Electron Health systmes in the USA, and is high in the list of the AMIA "100 Most Wire" healthcare systems

- Describes the latest successes and pitfalls

Contenuti

Introduction.- Preparation.- Organizational Climate.- Needs Assessment.- Vendor Selection and Contract Negotiation.- Infrastructure.- Workflow Assessment and Redesign.- Staffing and Managing Implementation Teams.- Support.- Usability.- Training.- Clinical Decision Support.- Translating Scope of Practice into Effective EHR Workflows.- System Integration.- Production Support.- Managing the Client-Vendor Partnership.- Implementation.- Phased Implementation.- Optimizing Primary-Care Practices.- Optimizing Specialty Practices.- Special-Purpose Software.- Optimizing Inpatient Care.- Extending EHR Access to Patients.- Extending EHR Access to External Physicians.- Summary and Prospect.