Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management

By Karen A. Wager, Frances Wickham Lee and John P. Glaser

The Best Selling Text in the Field

Updated for the New Era of Health Care IT

"This is the most comprehensive and authoritative book availablefor the field today."
—Mark L. Diana, PhD, assistant professor and MHA programdirector, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, TulaneUniversity

"With health care information technology now in the nationalpolicy spotlight, this book should be required reading for everyhealth care administrator and student."
—Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, chairman, CertificationCommission for Healthcare Information Technology

"The book provides an excellent overview of foundationalprinciples and practical strategies—a valuable reference forhealth administration and health informatics students andprofessionals."
—Eta S. Berner, EdD, professor, Department of HealthServices Administration, University of Alabama, Birmingham

"The authors skillfully provide the tools necessary tofacilitate movement from a paper-based to an electronic healthrecord environment while championing the importance of managing insuch an environment."
— Melanie S. Brodnik, PhD, director and associateprofessor, School of Allied Medical Professions, Ohio StateUniversity

"Deploying health care information technology today is likenavigating whitewater in the midst of a raging storm. Leveraginginvestments while introducing significant change is no easy task.It requires focused attention, a spirit of collaboration, and awillingness to learn from others. This book is written for the ITleader who is willing to tackle these challenges."
—Stephanie Reel, CIO and vice provost for InformationTechnologies, Johns Hopkins University

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Jun 24, 2009
• ISBN: 9780470451731