基本説明
ヘルスケアにおける情報通信技術の利用、適応、設計を取り上げるレファレンス。未来のヘルスケアにおける情報技術の役割、性質、評価、ヘルスケアの質や価値、倫理、社会問題との関わり等を収録。
Topics Covered: Business process redesign; Computerized medical records; Costs of healthcare delivery; Economic implications of IT in healthcare; Efficiency in the healthcare system; E-health; Equitability in healthcare; Ethics in healthcare; Evaluation of medical technologies; Future of medical informatics; Healthcare quality control; IT implications in healthcare; IT innovations; Knowledge management; Manufacturing of medical technologies; Medical information integrity; and more.
Full Description
Healthcare, a vital industry that touches most of us in our lives, faces major challenges in demographics, technology, and finance. Longer life expectancy and an aging population, technological advancements that keep people younger and healthier, and financial issues are a constant strain on healthcare organizations' resources and management. Focusing on the organization's ability to improve access, quality, and value of care to the patient may present possible solutions to these challenges.""The Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems"" provides an extensive and rich compilation of international research, discussing the use, adoption, design, and diffusion of information communication technologies (ICTs) in healthcare, including the role of ICTs in the future of healthcare delivery; access, quality, and value of healthcare; nature and evaluation of medical technologies; ethics and social implications; and medical information management.
