BOOK
Health informatics
(2012)
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Abstract
Health informatics (HI) and technology play a major role in health care including empowering patients, shortening waiting lists and improving treatment efficiency. This ebook contains a range of material by HI experts on the latest developments. It includes articles on robotic surgery, on how technology can support people in their own homes, and on how electronic systems can help reduce risk of medical error. Readers do not require a detailed understanding of health care or health informatics.
Information technology is a great enabler of health care. Whether it is about raising productivity and shortening waiting lists, empowering and informing patients, equipping health care professionals or improving efficiency for surgery and treatments, health informatics (HI) and technology play a major role. It is well documented that roughly 1 in 10 hospital patients is harmed by medical error. This ebook contains a stimulating selection of material by HI experts on the latest developments that aim to address this problem. Articles cover areas such as robotic surgery, how technology can support people in their own homes and how well-designed and wisely implemented electronic systems can help reduce risk to patients. Readers do not require a detailed understanding of health care or health informatics.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Copyright | 53 | ||
| NEW EBOOK SERIES | ii | ||
| CONTENTS | iii | ||
| INTRODUCTION | iv | ||
| 1 USING IT TO IMPROVE POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT | 1 | ||
| IN CONCLUSION | 5 | ||
| 2 SAFETY FIRST | 6 | ||
| CONSTRAINING HUMAN ERROR | 6 | ||
| HARDWIRING QUALITY | 7 | ||
| IMPROVED DECISION MAKING FOR CLINICIANS AND PATIENTS | 7 | ||
| AND WHEN THINGS GO WRONG | 8 | ||
| IT ALL ADDS UP | 8 | ||
| 3 VALUABLE LESSONS IN VALIDATION | 10 | ||
| WHAT IS VALIDATION? | 10 | ||
| THE VALIDATION PROCESS | 10 | ||
| VALIDATION STAGES | 11 | ||
| DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE | 11 | ||
| CHALLENGES | 11 | ||
| WHAT OTHER HEALTH ORGANISATIONS CAN LEARN | 12 | ||
| NOTES | 13 | ||
| 4 THE INTERNET AND PATIENT INFORMATION | 14 | ||
| RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN | 14 | ||
| ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION USERS | 15 | ||
| PATIENTS RATING GPs | 15 | ||
| DEFINING INFORMATICS | 16 | ||
| 5 HEALTH IN THE CLOUD | 17 | ||
| 6 TELEHEALTH: FOR BETTER PATIENT CARE | 19 | ||
| ISSUES AND DISCUSSION | 21 | ||
| NOTES | 22 | ||
| 7 ROBOTIC SURGERY | 23 | ||
| ARE MEDICAL ROBOTS COST EFFECTIVE? | 23 | ||
| WHY WOULD ANYBODY BUY A ROBOT? | 24 | ||
| WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR ROBOTICS? | 24 | ||
| NOTES | 25 | ||
| 8 RADIOTHERAPY TARGETING | 26 | ||
| CANCER CELLS | 26 | ||
| CAT SCANS | 27 | ||
| OPTICAL SOLUTION | 28 | ||
| GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY | 29 | ||
| 9 SMART TEXTILES | 30 | ||
| TEXTILES: THE FUTURE | 30 | ||
| THE NEXT STEPS | 32 | ||
| 10 SPEECH RECOGNITION AND DIGITAL DICTATION | 34 | ||
| CLINICAL AND BUSINESS BENEFITS | 35 | ||
| TAKE-UP | 35 | ||
| TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS | 36 | ||
| CONSISTENCY IS EVERYTHING | 37 | ||
| WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIGITAL DICTATION AND SPEECH/VOICE RECOGNITION? | 37 | ||
| 11 SHORTER WAITING LISTS AND RAISED PRODUCTIVITY | 39 | ||
| FINDING A SOLUTION THAT WORKS | 39 | ||
| IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR ALL | 40 | ||
| REDUCING RISK AND STRESS | 40 | ||
| WHAT NEXT? | 41 | ||
| 12 GROWING UP | 42 | ||
| INFORMATICS PLANNING 2010/11 | 42 | ||
| THE NIMM APPROACH | 42 | ||
| CLASSES AND SUB-MODELS | 43 | ||
| NIMM MATURITY LEVELS | 43 | ||
| THE NIMM SELF-ASSESSMENT BALANCED SCORECARD | 44 | ||
| MAKING THE NIMM WORK FOR YOU | 45 | ||
| 13 A REAL ROLLERCOASTER RIDE | 46 |