Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet (Health Informatics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387989234 ISBN 13: 9780387989235

Publisher: Springer, 2000

Synopsis

Since publication of the first edition in 1988, this book has established itself as the premier reference text for nurses, nursing administrators, nursing students, and other health care professionals who seek a state-of-the-art review of the role of IT in the nursing profession. The third edition of this seminal work keeps readers at the forefront of the rapidly evolving field of nursing informatics, examining new trends and thoroughly updating and revising all content. New chapters include: Selecting a Nursing Informatics Consultant; Project Management; Consumer Informatics; Data Mining; Education (CME, Patient); Electronic Medical Imaging; Nursing Informatics Competencies; Telehealth and Implications; Business Process Reengineering; Nursing's Role in Telehealth.

About this title

About the Author

Marion J. Ball, Ed.D., is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, A vice president of the First Consulting Group, and a member of the Institute of Medicine. Co-editor of Springer-Verlag's Health Informatics Series, she is actively involved in a wide range of health informatic applications in the public and private sectors.

Kathryn J, Hannah, R.N., Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, and vice president and chief health informatician at Sierra Systems Consultants, Inc. She chairs the board of directors of HEALNet (Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network) and is coeditor of Springer-Verlag's Health Informatics series.

Susan K. Newbold, M.S., R.N., is a doctoral candidate with an emphasis on nursing informatics and an instructor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She is founder and cochair of the Capital Area Roundtable on Informatics in NursinG (CARING) and associate editor of Computer in Nursing.

Judith V. Douglas, M.A., M.H.S., is a manager at the First Consulting Group, and a lecturer at the John Hopkins University School of Nursing. A columnist for MD Computing, and a member of several editorial boards, she is a published writer and editor in the areas of nursing and healthcare informatics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387989234
• ISBN 13: 9780387989235
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 445
• Editor: Ball Marion J., Hannah Kathryn J., Newbold Susan K., Douglas Judith V.