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Health Information Technology
Welcome
Greetings! Your Course Shell provides you with several examples of possible assignments. This LibGuide will address some of those while introducing resources to assist you with your research. These will fall in four broad categories.
Background Sources
These are resources to help you develop a basic understanding of a topic and perhaps help you locate resources for your Project. These are typically online encyclopedias and dictionaries which are a useful starting point and helpful for background information. These resources typically should not appear in your final draft.
Library Databases
There are online reference and periodical resources to which DeVry University subscribes. You may be familiar with some of these while others may be new to you.
Books
All of the Library's books are eBooks accessible online
Open Access
There are a growing number of online journals which are usually free to the reader. They are self-archiving and sometimes free of copyright and licensing restrictions (you still must cite them if you use them). Their costs are supported by publication fees paid by authors or are externally subsidized. The quality of open access publications varies considerably. Some are quite reputable while others are fronts for special interest groups.
Recommended Databases
- ABI/INFORM Global This link opens in a new window Covers business conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and the competitive business landscape worldwide. In depth coverage to over 3,000 publications, including the Wall Street Journal from 1984 to the present. Also includes profiles for 60,000+ companies and their executives. Search results include ebooks from eBrary
- SkillSoft Books This link opens in a new windowProvides access to over 25,000 eBooks in the areas of engineering, business, finance, IT, government, and wellness
- Business Source Utlimate This link opens in a new windowProvides access to hundreds of business-related journals, includes Harvard Business Review case studies.
- Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window Access to over 300 full-text periodicals with current news about all branches of the military and government.
- SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window Covers more than two million records with more than 850 full-text journals dating back to 1908; includes more than 800 books and 16,000 conference papers.
Recommended Websites
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HRQ's Health IT Portfolio develops and disseminates evidence to inform policy and practice on how health information technology can improve the quality of health care. AHRQ’s Health IT Portfolio has invested in research grants and contracts awarded to over 180 distinct institutions in 47 States and the District of Columbia.
- Digital Health ealth care is evolving rapidly. The AMA, using the expertise of physicians and input from partners on the leading edge of health technology, has developed resources, toolkits and training to assist physicians in navigating this new, exciting and changing environment. Together, we are helping physicians use advanced technologies that can reduce inefficiencies in health care delivery, improve patient access, lower costs and increase quality of care.
- Health Information Privacy Health information technology (health IT) involves the exchange of health information in an electronic environment. Widespread use of health IT within the health care industry will improve the quality of health care, prevent medical errors, reduce health care costs, increase administrative efficiencies, decrease paperwork, and expand access to affordable health care. It is imperative that the privacy and security of electronic health information be ensured as this information is maintained and transmitted electronically.
- HealthIT.gov Health information technology (health IT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information. Health IT includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs) instead of paper medical records to maintain people's health information.
- HITSP Standards The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) is a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors. The Panel was formed for the purpose of harmonizing and integrating standards that will meet clinical and business needs for sharing information among organizations and systems.
eJournals
- JMIR Research Protocols MIR Research Protocols (ISSN 1929-0748) publishes peer-reviewed, openly accessible research ideas and grant proposals, study and trial protocols, reports of ongoing research, current methods and approaches, and preliminary results from pilot studies or formative research informing the design of medical and health-related research and technology innovations. JMIR Res Protoc is a new journal spin-off of JMIR, the worlds' leading medical journal in health sciences / health services research and health informatics (Impact Factor: 4.7) JMIR Res Protoc publishes protocols and grant proposals in all areas of medicine (and their peer-review reports, if available), as well as feasibility studies, early reports and formative/process evaluations of ongoing studies and descriptions of the development and pilot evaluations of innovations and software applications or other interventions JMIR Res Protoc is fully open access, with full text articles deposited in PubMed Central Publishing research protocols, grant proposals, pilot/feasibility studies and early reports of ongoing and planned work encourages collaboration and early feedback, and reduces duplication of effort JMIR Res Protoc will be a valuable ressource for researchers who want to learn about current research methodologies and how to write a winning grant proposal JMIR Res Protoc creates an early scientific record for researchers who have developed novel methodologies, software, innovations or elaborate protocols JMIR Res Protoc faciliates subsequent publication of results demonstrating that the methodology has already been reviewed, and reduces the effort of writing up the results, as the protocol can be easily referenced JMIR Res Protoc demonstrates to reviewers of subsequent results papers that authors followed and adhered to carefully developed and described a-priori methods Studies whose protocols or grant proposal have been accepted in JMIR Res Protoc are "in principle accepted" for subsequent publication of results in other JMIR journals as long as authors adhere to their original protocol - regardless of study results (even if they are negative), reducing publication bias in medicine Authors publishing their protocols in JMIR Res Protoc will receive a 20% discount on the article processing fee if they publish their results in another journal of the JMIR journal family (for example, JMIR for ehealth studies, i-JMR for others)
- electronic Journal of Health Informatics he electronic Journal of Health Informatics is dedicated to the advancement of Health Informatics and information technology in healthcare. eJHI is an international Open Access journal committed to scholarly excellence and has a global readership in all health professions and at all levels.
eBooks
These are a sampling of eBooks available from the library.
Information Discovery on Electronic Health Records by
Exploiting the rich information found in electronic health records (EHRs) can facilitate better medical research and improve the quality of medical practice. Until now, a trivial amount of research has been published on the challenges of leveraging this information. Addressing these challenges, Information Discovery on Electronic Health Records explores the technology to unleash the data stored in EHRs. Assembling a truly interdisciplinary team of experts, the book tackles medical privacy concerns, the lack of standardization for the representation of EHRs, missing or incorrect values, and the availability of multiple rich health ontologies. It looks at how to search the EHR collection given a user query and return relevant fragments from the EHRs. It also explains how to mine the EHR collection to extract interesting patterns, group entities to various classes, or decide whether an EHR satisfies a given property. Most of the book focuses on textual or numeric data of EHRs, where more searching and mining progress has occurred. A chapter on the processing of medical images is also included. Maintaining a uniform style across chapters and minimizing technical jargon, this book presents the various ways to extract useful knowledge from EHRs. It skillfully discusses how EHR data can be effectively searched and mined.
Call Number: eBooks by EBSCOhostISBN: 9781420090383Publication Date: 2009-12-10
Understanding the U. S. Health Services System by
This book provides a straightforward explanation of the complex health services system. It explains the basic concepts as well as current issues to clarify how the U.S. health services system is organized, managed, and financed. This edition addresses the many changes happening in the U.S. health care system and updates data and statistics so readers can understand and discuss the current issues. New in the fourth edition: # An update on the changes to Medicare coverage, including adding means testing on optional coverage for beneficiaries # A new discussion of the legislation the current administration would like to implement for universal healthcare coverage # A new focus on the quality-of-care debate and pay-for-performance incentives # New requirements for not-for-profit hospitals to report services provided in order to validate their tax status # An update on managed care and how universal coverage could change payment and delivery # Updated information on biomedical research and the debate on whether the United States will remain a leader in this effort # A new discussion of the effects of the current economic downturn on healthcare # An updated discussion on the status of the healthcare workforce and how nursing and possible physician shortages will affect our system # A discussion on health care expenditures and the estimated 47 million people who are currently uninsured # A master bibliography has been created and is now located at the back of the book # Updated glossary and acronym list
Call Number: eBooks by EBSCOHostISBN: 9781567933383Publication Date: 2009-12-01
Handbook on Business Information Systems by
This handbook covers the vast field of business information systems, focusing particularly on developing information systems to capture and integrate information technology together with the people and their businesses. Part I of the book, Health Care Information Systems, focuses on providing global leadership for the optimal use of health care information technology (IT). It provides knowledge about the best use of information systems for the betterment of health care services. Part II, Business Process Information Systems, extends the previous theory in the area of process development by recognizing that improvements in intra-organizational business processes need to be complemented by corresponding improvements in inter-organizational processes. Part III deals with Industrial Data and Management Systems and captures the main challenges faced by the industry, such as the changes in the operations paradigm of manufacturing and service organizations. Finally, Part IV, Evaluation of Business Information Systems, discusses the empirical investigation into the adoption of systems development methodologies and the security pattern of the business systems along with the mathematical models.
Call Number: eBooks by EBSCOHostISBN: 9789812836052Publication Date: 2010-03-01
Essentials of Health Information Systems and Technology by
As health care and public health continue to evolve, the field of Health Information Systems (HIS) has revealed an overwhelming universe of new, emerging, competing, and conflicting technologies and services. Even seasoned HIS professionals, as well as those new to the field, are often confounded by these myriad systems.Essentials of Health Information Systems and Technology unravels the mysteries of HIS by breaking these technologies down to their component parts, while articulating intricate concepts clearly and carefully in simple, reader-friendly language. The book provides a thorough yet unintimidating introduction to this complex and fascinating field. This book will provide undergraduate and early graduate students with a solid understanding not only of what is needed for a successful healthcare career in HIS, but also of the vast frontier that lies before us as we develop new tools to support improved methods of care, analytics, policy, research, and public health.Contents Include:* HIS overview* Systems and management* Biomedical informatics* Data and analytics* Research, policy, and public health* Future directions of HIS
Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9781284036114Publication Date: 2014-08-11
The Strategic Application of Information Technology in Health Care Organizations by
Thoroughly revised and updated, this book offers a comprehensive resource for understanding information technology (IT) strategic planning and implementation within healthcare institutions. Filled with illustrations and case studies, the book is written for leaders and high-level managers in healthcare organizations. New to this edition are updated concepts and practices, more illustrative examples of strategy as well as updated industry data and technology examples. The book also contains news chapters on IT asset and IT-centric organizational attributes and value and offers learning objectives, key terms, and discussions questions in each chapter.
Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9780470639412Publication Date: 2011-03-08
Health IT JumpStart by
IT professionals can learn how to launch a career in health information technology Government regulation is mandating that all physician practices, hospitals, labs, etc. move to electronic health records (EHR) by 2014, which, in turn, will create a demand for IT professionals to help medical facilities make this transition as smooth as possible. This book helps IT professionals make the move into health information technology (HIT) and shows you how EHRs can be securely created, maintained, distributed, and backed up under government regulations. The author duo is a pair of HIT experts who understand how medical data works and willingly share their expertise with you so that you can best serve this emerging, evolving market. You'll quickly benefit from using this book as your first step to understanding and preparing for a job in HIT. Opens the door to researching how to make the move from IT to the up-and-coming field of health information technology (HIT) Guides you through the four aspects of HIT: government regulation and funding, operational workflow, clinical understanding, and the technology that ties it all together Prepares you for the healthcare market with a roadmap of understandable advice that escorts you through complex government information Pares down the extraneous material and delivers the need-to-know information on securely maintaining electronic health records Jump into the up-and-coming world of health IT with this helpful and insightful book.
Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9781118016763Publication Date: 2011-11-08
Health Care Information Systems by
<p>The revised third edition of <i>Health Care Information Systems</i> is a comprehensive text that offers an understanding of health care information systems that helps readers work effectively with and support information systems design, as well as the development and implementation. It covers current and developing information systems of interest to managers in health services organizations; health care information systems architecture; security and privacy issues; uses of health care information for clinical and strategic analysis and decision support; techniques for developing and evaluating an information system request for proposal; and information on the future.</p>
Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9781118173534Publication Date: 2013-08-05
Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician and HIT Pro Certifications by
The Complete Healthcare Information Technology Reference and Exam Guide Gain the skills and knowledge required to implement and support healthcare IT (HIT) systems in various clinical and healthcare business settings. Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician and HIT Pro Certifications prepares IT professionals to transition into HIT with coverage of topics ranging from health data standards to project management. This valuable resource also serves as a study tool for the CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician exam (Exam HIT-001) and for any of the six Healthcare Information Technology Professional (HIT Pro) exams offered by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. You'll get complete coverage of all official objectives for these challenging exams. Chapter summaries highlight what you've learned and chapter review questions test your knowledge of specific topics. Coverage includes: Healthcare Organizational Behavior Healthcare Regulatory Requirements Healthcare Business Operations Healthcare IT Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality Healthcare IT Operations Electronic content includes: Complete MasterExam practice testing engine, featuring seven practice exams, one for each exam: CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician HIT Pro Clinician/Practitioner Consultant HIT Pro Implementation Manager HIT Pro Implementation Support Specialist HIT Pro Practice Workflow & Information Management Redesign Specialist HIT Pro Technical/Software Support Staff HIT Pro Trainer Plus: Detailed answers with explanations Score Report performance assessment tool Free eBook download--Adobe Digital Editions (system requirements apply)
Call Number: Books 24x7ISBN: 9780071802802Publication Date: 2013-01-08
Other Resources
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window An eBook collection of 600+ high-quality, constantly updated reference books, dictionaries, encyclopedias and atlases.
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