Information Technology for the Health Professions (4th Edition) (Original PDF from Publisher)

Lillian Burke (Author), Barbara Weill (Author)

Now significantly expanded and fully updated, IN FORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS, 4/e is the ideal information technology primer for readers working in any healthcare field, including allied health, nursing, medical/dental/pharmaceutical assisting, or medical administration. It fully addresses each key issue in contemporary healthcare IT, including the accelerating migration towards electronic health records. New coverage includes: smartphones, tablets, and their healthcare applications; the role of healthcare reform in promoting health IT; EHR meaningful use criteria; new practice management scheduling software; the growth of telemedicine; new problems in public health; interventional radiology; surgery-related nanotechnology; information-related biotech and pharmaceutical trends; expanded applications in psychiatry and rehabilitation; genetic privacy; and much more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (July 9, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132897644
• ISBN-13: 978-0132897648
• ISBN-13: 9780132897648
• eText ISBN: 9780133463538
• eText ISBN: 9780133100495