Health Informatics Supplement: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals

by Robert E. Hoyt, Ann Yoshihashi

Health Practical Guide for Health and Information Technology Professionals Sixth Edition Supplement adds 3 new chapters. The supplement has learning objectives, case studies, recommended reading, future trends, key points, and references. Introduction to Data Science, provides a comprehensive overview with topics including databases, machine learning, big data and predictive analytics. Clinical Decision Support (CDS), covers current and salient aspects of CDS functionality, implementation, benefits, challenges and lessons learned. International Health Informatics, highlights the informatics initiatives of developed and developing countries on each continent. Available as a paperback and eBook. For more information about the textbook, visit www.informaticseducation.org. For instructors, an Instructor Manual, PDF version and PowerPoint slides are available under the Instructor's tab.

114 pages, Paperback

Published November 15, 2016

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)