Transforming Health Care Through Information

Based on case studies, this book illustrates the complex challenges faced by healthcare administrators when implementing changes in technology.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lorenzi, Nancy M. (Editor), Ash, Joan S. (Editor), Einbinder, Jonathan (Editor), McPhee, Wendy (Editor), Einbinder, Laura (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
Edition:Second Edition.
Series:Health Informatics,
Subjects:
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Case Studies in Technological Change
  • GEMINI: The Life and Times of a Clinical Information System
  • Organizational Change
  • The Web Center: A Case Study in Strategy and Power
  • Computers for Kids: Not All Fun and Games
  • Managing Change
  • Managing Success: An Information Systems Dilemma at Great Plains Health Care
  • Implementation
  • Bar Coding: It's Hard to Kill a Hippo
  • Developing an Emergency Department Information System
  • Implementation of OpChart in West Medical Building
  • Development of the Scientific Computing Center at Vanderbilt University
  • Early Implementation Problems of an Integrated Information System Within the White Mountain University Health System
  • Implementation of a Web-Based Incident-Reporting System at Legendary Health System
  • Managing Change: Analysis of a Hypothetical Case
  • Economics
  • E3 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Catch 22: The Case of Utilization Management's Return on Investment Evaluation
  • Antimicrobial Utilization Program at the University of Central State Medical Center
  • Central Medical Healthcare System: The Case of the Well-Aggregated Patient Data
  • Building Consensus: Quality Improvement at Vesalius Health System
  • Leadership
  • Strategic Informatics: Planning for the Future of AtlanticHealth
  • Fix Pharmacy!
  • Showdown in the Heart of Texas
  • Mission Valley Medical Center Physicians Group Practice: The Rumor
  • The DNA Donation Project
  • Who's in Charge?
  • Organizational and Interpersonal Conflict
  • The Chief Resident's Dilemma
  • Death of a Committee
  • Whose Job Is It Anyway?
  • All for the Want of a Plan …
  • Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail
  • Founding Fathers Health Corporation: Idealism and the Bottom Line.