Strategies for Healthcare Information SystemsRobert A. Stegwee, Ton A. M. Spil Information technologies of the past two decades have created significant fundamental changes in the delivery of healthcare services by healthcare provider organizations. Strategies for Healthcare Information Systems provides an overall coverage of different aspects of healthcare information systems strategies and challenges facing these organizations. |
Contents
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Streamlining Operations in Healthcare with ICT | 31 |
Standardization in Healthcare | 45 |
Healthcare Information | 66 |
The Electronic Patient Record as an Organizational Artifact | 78 |
Transformation In Healthcare Chains | 90 |
Telecommunications as a Medicine for General Practitioners | 114 |
Network Organizations in Healthcare | 142 |
Exploring ICT Enabled Networking in Hospital Organizations | 164 |
Knowledge Management Healthcare | 181 |
Enabling Medical Group Practices | 198 |
About the Authors | 214 |
Index | 220 |
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