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