This second, extensively revised and updated edition of Health Informatics: An Overview includes new topics which address contemporary issues and challenges and shift the focus on the health problem space towards a computer perspective.

Textbook in Health Informatics covers subjects addressed in the overall field of Health Informatics. A number of issues particular to nursing will also be reviewed. It will give its reader an overview of Health Informatics, starting with an introduction to Health Care. In this introduction 'Classification and Management in Nursing Information Technology' is discussed, as is the Nursing Minimum Data Set. The introduction also deals with Health Concepts, an Introduction to Nursing Science and The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP). Textbook of Health Informatics continues with an Information Technology Aspects section. In this section important aspects of Health Informatics and Hospital Information Systems are discussed, like Data Protection and Confidentiality, Telecare Service for Nurses, Data Analysis Methods and Classification Methods. The last section of this book deals with the organizational impact of health informatics. Major topics are: Impacts of Communications, Information and Technology on Organizations, Impact in Nursing Environment, Quality Assurance and Communication among Health Care Professionals. --publisher notes.

-Based on case studies, this book will be a great tool for students or professionals in medical informatics and health administration. -Released in 1995, the First Edition has sold 1,427 copies worldwide to date (1,110 US; 179 IC; 75 Bulk).

Historically, informatics was considered as a technology for automating clinical decision making and processes. This book views informatics as a transforming technology, one that alters the structure of clinical processes and broader health organizations. It explores the use of health information technology from a systems perspective. The traditional three-pronged informatics model- cellular, clinical, and population-is expanded to include dynamic systems, which adds to and alters previous conceptions. This text integrates the medical, nursing, and healthcare IT professions. Its primary audience is graduate and professional students. Fifteen evidenced-based cases are used through the text to illustrate each chapter's concepts. Each chapter includes learning objectives, presents key concepts, and discussion questions. Topics covered include: The application and function of electronic medical records The importance of concept-based controlled biomedical vocabularies How to identify different e-health platforms How to recognize the technical safeguards required by the HIPAA Security Rule How information technology can change the role of the patient