Strategies and Technologies for Healthcare Information: Theory into Practice

This book highlights innovative healthcare information technologies as they perform information integration throughout various health care s ettings. Contributors, representative of these settings, provide case studies citing active examples of technology systems at work, addressi ng critical success factors, documenting success in terms of improved quality and/or reduced cost. Each example will address the full range of issues associated with technological innovation in health care, fro m policy and clinical considerations, to business and operational issu es.