Main description:

The first of its kind, this engaging textbook unpacks health informatics from a uniquely Canadian perspective. With a bottom up approach, author Christo El Morr identifies how health informatics influences and affects a range of Canadian healthcare stakeholders including populations, patients, doctors, nurses, managers, clinicians, and governments. Presented in a clear and concise way, section one equips students with an overview of health informatics building blocks: computers, networks, databases, and user interfaces. Section two details major health informatics systems: picture archiving, communication systems, data warehousing, and business intelligence. Finally, section three explores challenges with privacy, confidentiality, security, and emerging trends such as big data, gamification, and wearable technologies.

Packed with key terms, reflection activities, quizzes, a test bank, and assignments, this comprehensive introductory textbook is an invaluable read for undergraduate students, educators, and practitioners in the health informatics, health management, health policy, or global health fields.

Contents:

Preface
SECTION I: BUILDING BLOCKS
Chapter 1: Introduction to Health Informatics
Chapter 2: Computers and Networks
Chapter 3: Databases and Information Systems
Chapter 4: Information System Analysis and Design
Chapter 5: The Human Factor: Usability and User Experience
SECTION II: HEALTH INFORMATICS SYSTEMS
Chapter 6: Information Systems in Hospitals
Chapter 7: Telemedicine
Chapter 8: Consumer Health Informatics
Chapter 9: Public Health Informatics
Chapter 10: Electronic Health Records
SECTION III: CHALLENGES AND EMERGING TRENDS
Chapter 11: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
Chapter 12: Emerging Trends in Health Informatics