Allied Health

The third edition of Information Technology for the Health Professions examines the impact of information technology on a wide variety of health care fields.  These include telemedicine, radiology, pharmacy, dentistry, surgery, rehabilitative therapies, and public health.  The book includes the latest information on medical informatics, informational resources, and electronic record keeping in the Health Information Technology decade.  The issues raised by global warming and by the possibilities of new pandemics make the addition of the chapter on information technology in public health particularly timely.  The author's approach provides students with an accessible presentation of the most current computer and medical technologies.  The updated chapter on privacy and security includes new information including the Real ID Act of 2005–a law requiring every American to have an electronic ID card.

• Chapter outlines and objectives: Alerts students and instructors to important points in the chapter, helping students to focus their reading.
• Chapter questions including critical thinking exercises: Thoroughly reviews chapter material to help students focus their reading and think beyond the material in the text.
• In the news feature: Explores interesting and timely aspects of informational technology and health.
• Instructors Resource Manual:  Provides instructor with PowerPoint presentations, further discussion questions, test banks, suggested further readings, and suggested course syllabus.  Also includes detailed lecture notes and lecture tips for each chapter for the instructor and suggested Web projects for students.

• Every chapter has been updated to include the latest information.
• The updated chapter on privacy and security includes new information including the Real ID Act of 2005 — a law requiring every American to have an electronic ID card.
• New chapter added on computers in public health expanded the chapter on the administrative aspects of medical informatics.
• Added more “In The News” excerpted articles.
• The PowerPoints are more extensive.

Computers / Technology in Health Care (Allied Health / Health Professions Core)
Introduction to Health Information Management (Health Information Management)

For freshman/sophomore-level courses in Computers in Health Care.

Information Technology for the Health Professions provides a brief, general introduction to computer literacy and information technology–at a level appropriate for health care students. This is the only comprehensive survey of the interconnections of information technology (IT) and health care. It is the only up-to-date text that teaches computer literacy AND introduces students to the uses of information technology in health care delivery. It includes discussions of hardware and software, communications and networking, ethical issues, and privacy concerns. In addition, it discusses how IT is transforming every aspect of health care–from administrative applications (such as the electronic medical record), to clinical systems involved in direct patient care, to special-purpose applications (such as simulation software used in the education of health care professionals). The text examines the impact of IT on health care–specifically in the fields of radiology, telemedicine, surgery, medical devices, pharmacy, dentistry, and informational resources.

• Information Technology for the Health Professions, 2/E
  Burke & Weill
  © 2005 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 256 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131175920 | ISBN-13: 9780131175921
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• Information Technology for the Health Professions, CourseSmart eTextbook, 3/E
  Burke & Weill
  © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Electronic Book; 360 pages | Instock
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