Main description:

This unique book comprehensively reviews how information technology is changing cardiovascular medical practice. Chapters include a wide range of topics from specific technologies and virtual care education to large system implementation. Extensive illustrative material and specific case studies are included throughout to reinforce key concepts and enable the reader to develop an understanding of how information technology is impacting medical practice. Health equity, medicolegal ethics, and regulatory considerations are also covered.

Healthcare Information Technology for Cardiovascular Medicine: Telemedicine & Digital Health provides a foundation for better understanding how these technologies impact cardiovascular care delivery. Its comprehensive analysis enables healthcare providers and other stakeholders to enhance clinical practice through digital health implementation.

Contents:

An introduction to Virtual Care Delivery: A Boots on the Ground Perspective.- The Essentials to Building a Curriculum for Virtual Care Delivery Education.- Negotiating with and Influencing the Payor Landscape for Telemedicine.- Evaluating and Promoting Digital Medical Technologies as a Cardiology Clinician.- How practicing clinicians can meaningfully interact with the Fortune 500 of Digital Health.- Digital Health is More than Wellness: Managing Physiology with Digital Interventions.- Telemedicine in the Military: A Case for Review.- Behavioral Telemedicine is an agent of Culture Change.- The Wearable Landscape: Whose Responsibility is It?.- Trust in Artificial Intelligence: Clinicians are Essential.- Legal Issues in Virtual Cardiology Care: Boxed Pearls for each chapter about the active legal issues in that field.- Putting it all Together.