Guide to health informatics / Enrico Coiera.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Basic Concepts in Informatics -- Part 2. Informatics Skills -- Part 3. Information Systems in Healthcare -- Part 4. Guideline- and Protocol-Based Systems -- Part 5. Communication Systems in Healthcare -- Part 6. Language, Coding and Classification -- Part 7. Clinical Decision Support and Analytics -- Part 8. Specialized Applications for Health Informatics -- --

Part 1. Basic Concepts in Informatics -- 1. Models -- 2. Information -- 3. Information Systems -- -- Part 2. Informatics Skills -- 4. Communicating -- 5. Structuring -- 6. Questioning -- 7. Searching -- 8. Making Decisions -- -- Part 3. Information Systems in Healthcare -- 9. Information Management Systems -- 10. The Electronic Health Record -- 11. Designing and Evaluating Information and Communication Systems -- 12. Implementation -- 13. Information System Safety -- -- Part 4. Guideline- and Protocol-Based Systems -- 15. Guidelines, Protocols and Evidence-Based Healthcare -- 16. Computer-Based Protocol Systems -- 17. Designing, Disseminating and Applying protocols -- -- Part 5. Communication Systems in Healthcare -- 18. Communication Systems Basics -- 19. Information and Communication Networks -- 20. Social Networks and Social Media Interventions -- 21. Telehealth and Mobile Health -- -- Part 6. Language, Coding and Classification -- 22. Terms, Codes and Classification -- 23. Healthcare Terminologies and Classification Systems -- 24. Natural Language and Formal Terminology -- -- Part 7. Clinical Decision Support and Analytics -- 25. Clinical Decision Support Systems -- 26. Reasoning Methods -- 27. Model Building for Decision Support, Data Analysis and Scientific Discovery -- -- Part 8. Specialized Applications for Health Informatics -- 28. Patient Monitoring and Control -- 29. Population Surveillance and Public Health Informatics -- 30. Bioinformatics -- 31. Clinical Bioinformatics and Personalized Medicine -- 32. Consumer Health Informatics.

Highly recommended by JAMA, this essential textbooks provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the basic concepts of information and communication technologies in healthcare. This essential text provides a readable yet sophisticated overview of the basic concepts of information technologies as they apply in healthcare. Spanning areas as diverse as the electronic medical record, searching, protocols, and communications as well as the Internet, Enrico Coiera has succeeded in making this vast and complex area accessible and understandable to the non-specialist, while providing everything that students of medical informatics need to know to accompany their course. Key features: Comprehensive - complete coverage of this growing area in a single, manageable volume Relevant - updated and expanded to reflect current issues and the latest developments in the field, including the impact of social media, nation-scale health information systems, systems safety, augmented reality and surgical simulations, machine learning, and discovery systems Accessible - student-friendly design with tables, boxes, and chapter summaries is ideal as a course companion while lively text ensures it is also suitable for the casual reader to dip into Free online resources - including an extensive glossary, references linked to MedLine, MCQs for self testing, and discussion points for use in tutorials to stimulate debate Fully revised, the third edition of Guide to Health Informatics remains essential reading for all health science undergraduates, clinical health professionals, and health service managers who need to appreciate and understand the role of informatics and its associated technologies for optimal practice and service delivery.