Human, social, and organizational aspects of health information systems

• Main Author: Kushniruk, Andre W., 1958-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Borycki, Elizabeth, 1968-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
• Subjects: Information storage and retrieval systems > Health services administration.; Health services administration > Data processing.; Management information systems > Human factors.; Management information systems > Social aspects.; Management information systems > Management.; Medical Informatics Applications.; Health Services Administration.; Accountability in healthcare organizations; Best practices; Computer-supported clinical activity; Decision making; Decision support; Economics of healthcare information technology; Electronic health records; Evaluation methods; Evidence-based healthcare practices; Health information systems development; Health information systems management; Health service management; Healthcare information systems; Human roles in IT projects; Internet-based health knowledge; Knowledge translation in healthcare; Legal, ethical, and professional issues; Medical informatics; Organizational methods; Pervasive healthcare; Portable usability testing; Regional patient safety initiatives; Social aspects; Systems implementation; Technology-induced errors in healthcare; Usability methods; Virtual usability laboratories
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xxiv, 395 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-384) and index.
• ISBN: 9781599047942 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

"This book offers an evidence-based management approach to issues associated with the human and social aspects of designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining health information systems across a healthcare organization--specific to an individual, team, organizational, system, and international perspective. Integrating knowledge from multiple levels, will benefit scholars and practitioners from the medical information, health service management, information technology arenas"--Provided by publisher.