Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management, 3rd Edition

Preface

Having ready access to timely, complete, accurate, legible, and relevant information is critical to health care organizations, providers, and the patients they serve. Whether it is a nurse administering medication to a comatose patient, a physician advising a patient on the latest research findings for a specific cancer treatment, a billing clerk filing an electronic claim, a chief executive officer justifying to the board the need for building a new emergency department, or a health policy analyst reporting on the cost-effectiveness of a new prevention program to the state's Medicaid program, each individual needs access to high-quality information with which to effectively perform his or her job. The need for quality information in ...