Health Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals

by Robert E. Hoyt (Editor and Author)

Health Informatics (HI) focuses on the application of information technology (IT) in healthcare to improve individual and population health, education and research. The goal of the textbook is to stimulate and educate healthcare and IT professionals and students about the key topics in this rapidly changing field. This extensively updated sixth edition reflects the changes in technology, policies and innovations that have occurred recently. Topics include HI overview, electronic health records, healthcare data analytics, health information exchange, architecture of information systems, evidence based medicine, consumer health informatics, HI ethics, quality improvement strategies and more. The 22 chapters feature learning objectives, case studies, recommended reading, future trends, key points, conclusions and over 1800 references. It is available as a paperback, eBook (PDF) and Kindle. Free Online Resources are available on the textbook companion website informaticseducation.org and an instructor's manual and slide libraries are available for instructors.

533 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2014

About the author

Bob Hoyt is a board certified Internal Medicine physician with experience in the private sector and the military. After retiring from the Navy he began teaching Medical Informatics at the University of West Florida. It was there he realized the paucity of current textbooks in the informatics realm. His first book was published in 2007 by Lulu.com, as have all subsequent edtions. He has also conducted clinical research at the Robert E Mitchell Prisoner of War Studies located in Pensacola, Florida.

The sixth edition is available as of 1 February 2014 at http://bit.ly/1egkwWz
Further details will be posted at www.informaticseducation.org. The digital version will be ready as well as an Instructor's Manual (free for faculty using the textbook)

Reviews

[Aly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Field is changing quickly and some of the information is out of date, but it's a good intro into Healthcare Technology. Helps you understand future trends so you can follow developments and know where to look to get more information.

[Hannah H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of pixelated graphics. Probably read about 50% of this for my MLIS program, it was interesting but could have been better organized and seems pretty out of date in 2019.