Strategic Management of Information Systems in Healthcare
Gordon D. Brown, PhD
Tamara T. Stone, PhD
Timothy B. Patrick, PhD
ISBN 13: 978-1-56793-242-3
Hardbound, 310 pp, 2005
Imprint: AUPHA/HAP Book
Order code: WWW1-2045
Price: $99.00 |
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This book explores how healthcare organizations can use information technology to achieve better operational performance and strengthen their market position. It explains how to move beyond applying technology to current practices, and use the enabling power of IT to redesign work processes to achieve high levels of performance.
Topics covered include:
- The structure of IT and how it can be used to manage clinical and business functions
- How IT is used to position an organization in a competitive market
- The management of information resources, including investing in IT, structure and staffing, and information security and ethics
- How IT may impact the health system of the future, including an assessment of current policy initiatives
Gordon D. Brown, Ph.D., is professor and chair in the department of health management and informatics at the University of Missouri-Columbia. |
Tamara T. Stone, PhD, is assistant professor in the department of health management and informatics, and Fellow, Center for Healthcare Quality, at the University of Missouri-Columbia. |
Timothy B. Patrick, PhD, is assistant professor in the department of health management and informatics, and associate director, National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Training program, at the University of Missouri-Columbia. |
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