Healthcare information systems and informatics research and practices /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Tan, Joseph K. H.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
• Subjects: Medical informatics.; Information storage and retrieval systems > Medical care.; Health services administration > Data processing.; Medical Informatics.; Health Services Administration.; Healthcare information systems; Informatics; Information systems; Healthcare industry; Technology adoption; Healthcare diffusion; Healthcare acceptance; Healthcare cost benefits; Healthcare cost effectiveness; Healthcare investment
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xviii, 427 p. : ill., map) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781599046921 (ebook); 159904692X (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

This book compiles estimable knowledge on the research of information systems and informatics applications in the healthcare industry. It addresses organizational issues, including technology adoption, diffusion, and acceptance, as well as cost benefits and cost effectiveness, of advancing health information systems and informatics applications as innovative forms of investment in healthcare. Rapidly changing technology and the complexity of its applications make this book an invaluable resource to researchers and practitioners in the healthcare fields.