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| About the book |
The growth and development of health information systems have been of a scale, and at a pace, that many health professionals are left wondering quite how to relate to the changes that have taken place. This comprehensive text is aimed at both practitioners and students, and it relates systems and management theories to applications found in health settings, and compares the best of international practice. It sets out the basic principles of health management information systems, and illustrates them with examples and case studies from a wide range of health care applications and from a number of different countries, including the USA, the UK, Germany and Australia. Ideal for practitioners, health care managers, and for undergraduate and postgraduate students in public health and clinical specializations, Health Management Information Systems shows how information can and should be best used as a management resource. |
| About the authors |
An academic and consultant with an international reputation, Jack Smith has a Masters degree from the University of Sussex and a PhD from USAC, Arizona. Currently an international consultant to the Integrated Community Health Services Project in the Philippines (a major health initiative funded by the Asian Development Bank) he has worked previously in Australia as Assistant Secretary of the Northern Territory Department of Health and as a Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University. |
| Table of contents |
An overview of health information management systems The strategic planning of health information systems Corporate information systems in health care organizations Primary health care Acute care Data communications in health care Data protection and the health consumer Intelligent applications of health information systems Bibliography Index. |
