El libro ofrece información sobre el como dirigir las instalaciones de asistencia sanitaria canadienses. Algunos de los temas tratados en el libro son: los encargados de la información, la integración de la información: ¿Es factible o práctica? la gerencia financiera rentable de la información, el papel del principal oficial de información que automatiza el expediente de la salud.
Foreword.vii
Acknowledgments.ix
Introduction by Marion Ogilvie and Eleanor Sawyer.xi
Information Managers by Denis J. Protti.1
Information Integration : Is It Feasible or Practical? by Michel Bilodeau.15
Cost-effective Financial Management of Information by Michael J. Strofolino.31
The Role ofthe ChiefExecutive Officer by Jack T. Litvack.51
Trustees and Managing Information for the Health Care Facility by Dan de Vlieger.61
The Role of the Chief Information Officer by Al Haskell.69
The Role ofthe Health Record Professional by Paula Freedman.83
Nursing Management of Information by Kathryn J. Hannah, PhD.99
Medical Issues in Information Management by Dr. Ken R. Thornton.113
The Heart ofthe Information Healthline:Integrating Quality Assurance, Risk
Management and Utilization Review by Sharon E. Lefroy.125
Legal and Ethical Issues in Managing Information by Lorne E. and Fay A.Rozovsky.143
Computerizing the Health Record: An Assessment by Fran Kirby.153
Acquiring an Information System by Steven A. Huesing.167
The Management Information Systems Project by Sharron McMichael.183
Managing Information and the Hospital Medical Records Institute by Robert M. Yungblut.195
Managing Information and the Canadian Council on Health Facilities Accreditation by Miriam Pill.215
The Quebec Experience by Claude Sicotte, Charles Tilquin and Marie Valois.229
List of Contributors.251
Glossary of Acronyms.257
Index.259
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