Information Systems for Healthcare Management

This much-anticipated text will help future healthcare managers understand the prinicples of analysis, design, evaluation, selection, acquisition, and utilization of information systems in healthcare organization settings. Sufficient technical detail on computer hardware, software, networks, and telecommunications is included so that students can understand technology's role in healthcare. Written from a mangement perspective, this text emphasizes the intelligent use of information for strategic planning, decision support, program management, high quality patient care, and continuous quality improvement.

Benefits:

New chapters include information on e-health, information security, application development, and project management, with thorough updates throughout the entire book
Each chapter includes a summary, discussion questions, and problems
Includes a glossary of technical terms
Ideal text for undergraduate or graduate health information classes

Charles J. Austin, Ph.D. is a retired university professor and administrator. He has served in numerous academic leadership positions including President of East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University, Commerce), Vice President for Academic Affairs at Georgia Southern University, and Dean of Graduate Studies at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

Stuart B. Boxerman, D.Sc. is associate professor and Director of the Health Administration Program at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. He teaches courses in quantitative methods and health information systems. Current research activities include improvement of patient care delivery processes, benefits of decision support systems, applications of simulation modelling, and the quantification of the value of information.