The CEO's Guide to Health Care Information Systems

Softcover, 176 pages
ISBN 078795277X
978-0787952778
Wiley / Jossey-Bass / AHA
September 2001
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Health care information technology (IT) is an essential management tool in the modern delivery environment.

Yet for many CEO's and other senior executives, finding easy-to-use resources that help bridge the gap between general management practices and the discipline of health care information systems technology has been a daunting challenge. This book:

Provides a non-technical introduction to the major components, functions, capabilities, and life cycle of health care information systems
Informs executives about the current and future trends in information technology which affect the health care information system industry and structure
Presents a model for information technology visioning, planning, selection, development, implementation, and value attainment
Introduces the information technology supplier market and associated trends
Discusses the role and function of information technology leadership, management, organization and issues

Using this valuable resource, health care executives can create and sustain a solid competency in the area of information technology within their health care organizations.

Here, the authors offer a variety of tools and techniques for planning and managing health care information systems. Most important, they review 10 major applications of IT, including financial, managed care, and clinical systems, and identify eight critical factors for successfully managing an information systems department. This book provides guidance and resources for these areas:

Health Care Information Technology.
Information Systems Features and Functions.
The Integrated Delivery System.
The Systems Life Cycle.
Managing Health Care Information Technology.

Recommended by the American Hospital Association and written for top-level executives, this is the thoroughly revised and updated edition that has become a classic in the field. A reliable resource of accurate and timely information, The CEO's Guide to Health Care Information Systems, expands a greater focus on the business value of new information technologies, a broader discussion of health care systems, and a completely new section on the information technology development lifecycle.

Focusing on the value of new information technologies, it offers a broad view of health care systems, and outlines the information technology development cycle. With a minimum of technical language, the book describes the major components, functions, capabilities, and life cycle of health information systems.

Joseph M. DeLuca, FACHE, is president of Information Technology Optimizers, a business unit of Health Care Investment Visions LLC. He works with health care leaders in the planning, design, and implementation of health care information systems focusing upon the strategic use of information systems technology to support strategy, financial, operations, and medical service requirements.

Rebecca Enmark is research director of Health Care Investment Visions LLC, a research and business development corporation serving the health care information technology industry. She works closely with health care organizations as well as entrepreneurs advising the more health care market, technology, company and success behaviors.

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