Health informatics

Table of contents

1. FRONT COVER
2. NEW EBOOK SERIES
3. CONTENTS
4. INTRODUCTION
5. 1 USING IT TO IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT
   1. IN CONCLUSION
6. 2 SAFETY FIRST
   1. CONSTRAINING HUMAN ERROR
   2. HARDWIRING QUALITY
   3. IMPROVED DECISION MAKING FOR CLINICIANS AND PATIENTS
   4. AND WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
   5. IT ALL ADDS UP
7. 3 VALUABLE LESSONS IN VALIDATION
   1. WHAT IS VALIDATION?
   2. THE VALIDATION PROCESS
   3. VALIDATION STAGES
   4. DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE
   5. CHALLENGES
   6. WHAT OTHER HEALTH ORGANISATIONS CAN LEARN
   7. NOTES
8. 4 THE INTERNET AND PATIENT INFORMATION
   1. RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN
   2. ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION USERS
   3. PATIENTS RATING GPS
   4. DEFINING INFORMATICS
9. 5 HEALTH IN THE CLOUD
10. 6 TELEHEALTH: FOR BETTER PATIENT CARE
    1. ISSUES AND DISCUSSION
    2. NOTES
11. 7 ROBOTIC SURGERY
    1. ARE MEDICAL ROBOTS COST EFFECTIVE?
    2. WHY WOULD ANYBODY BUY A ROBOT?
    3. WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR ROBOTICS?
    4. NOTES
12. 8 RADIOTHERAPY TARGETING
    1. CANCER CELLS
    2. CAT SCANS
    3. OPTICAL SOLUTION
    4. GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY
13. 9 SMART TEXTILES
    1. TEXTILES: THE FUTURE
    2. THE NEXT STEPS
14. 10 SPEECH RECOGNITION AND DIGITAL DICTATION
    1. CLINICAL AND BUSINESS BENEFITS
    2. TAKE-UP
    3. TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS
    4. CONSISTENCY IS EVERYTHING
    5. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIGITAL DICTATION AND SPEECH/VOICE RECOGNITION?
15. 11 SHORTER WAITING LISTS AND RAISED PRODUCTIVITY
    1. FINDING A SOLUTION THAT WORKS
    2. IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR ALL
    3. REDUCING RISK AND STRESS
    4. WHAT NEXT?
16. 12 GROWING UP
    1. INFORMATICS PLANNING 2010/11
    2. THE NIMM APPROACH
    3. CLASSES AND SUB-MODELS
    4. NIMM MATURITY LEVELS
    5. THE NIMM SELF-ASSESSMENT BALANCED SCORECARD
    6. MAKING THE NIMM WORK FOR YOU
17. 13 A REAL ROLLERCOASTER RIDE
18. BCS, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR IT
19. COPYRIGHT PAGE