Health IT and EHRs: Principles and Practice, 6th Edition (Original PDF from Publisher)

The Most Authoritative Health Information Management Book on Health IT

Revised and updated to include the latest trends and applications in health IT, including EHRs and meaningful use, this sixth edition of Health IT and EHRs: Principles and Practice offers guidance on developing and implementing health IT systems for students of health information management (HIM) and informatics.

This book now goes beyond the topic of EHRs to address implementation, interoperability, optimization, and enterprise content management (ECM) while addressing a broader range of health technologies. Previously titled Electronic Health Records: A Practical Guide for Professionals and Organizations, this book is now completely revised for the academic market and aligns with the CAHIIM baccalaureate curriculum.

Key Features
• Updates address the broader topic of health IT and the use of EHRs beyond implementation
• Includes new content on interoperability and optimization
• Aligns to CAHIIM baccalaureate curriculum
• Contains a new chapter on population-based health

• Incorporates an associate level, baccalaureate level and graduate level curriculum map

About the Author
Margret K. Amatayakul, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPHIT, CPEHR, FHIMSS, has more than 40 years of experience in national and international healthcare information management. She is a leading authority on electronic health record (EHR) strategies for healthcare organizations and has extensive experience in EHR selection, and project management, and optimization for meaningful use. After having served as director of medical record services at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, associate professor at the University of Illinois at the Medical Center, associate executive director of the American Health Information Management Association, and executive director of the Computer-based Patient Record Institute, Amatayakul formed her own consulting firm, MargretA Consulting, LLC, in 1999. She provides health information systems technology consulting services, freelance writing, and educational programming to the healthcare industry.