E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals

PREFACE

E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals is the latest in a series of works that I have published over the years, including Health Management Information Systems ( first edition, 1995; second edition, 2001) and Health Decision Support Systems (1998). These works parallel the changes we have witnessed over the years in the evolution and development of health computing as a discipline. They also reflect the growth and maturation of my own reading and research in this intriguing and expanding field. Of course, this work represents the forefront of my research in the integration of information technology (IT), e-commerce, and health care.

Health Management Information Systems focused on the application ...