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Transforming Health Care Through Information: Case Studies

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Editors:
  1. Laura Einbinder

    1. Clinical Informatics Research &, Partners HealthCare System, Wellesley, U.S.A.

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  2. Nancy M. Lorenzi

    1. Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.

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  3. Joan Ash

    1. Div. Medical Informatics & Clinical , Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, U.S.A.

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  4. Cynthia S. Gadd

    1. Dept. Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.

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  5. Jonathan Einbinder

    1. Clinical Informatics Research &, Partners HealthCare System, Wellesley, U.S.A.

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  • Medical experts in informatics discuss both problems and solutions
  • Case studies are used to show both success and failures while teaching the user how to manage these situations
  • Integral learning and teching tool in the field of informatics

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Managing Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 2-6
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    2. Back Breaking Work: Implementing a Spine Registry in an Orthopedic Clinic

      • Brian C. Drolet
      Pages 7-13

    3. A RHIO Struggling to Form: Will it Get Off the Ground?

      • Paul Zlotnik, Denny Lee, Mike Minear, Prashila Dullabh
      Pages 15-27

    4. A Rough Ride at the Theodore Roosevelt Cancer Center

      • Karen Albert, Nitika Gupta, Teresa Mason, Purvi Mehta
      Pages 29-45

    5. Implementation of an Electronic Prescription Writer in Ambulatory Care

      • Minhui Xie, Kevin B. Johnson
      Pages 47-56

    6. Online Health Care: A Classic Clash of Technology, People, and Processes

      • John Butler, Dan Dalan, Brian McCourt, John Norris, Randall Stewart
      Pages 57-68

  3. Patient Safety

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 70-72
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    2. A Dungeon of Dangerous Practices

      • Andrew Amata, Allen Flynn, Michelle Morgan, Teresa Smith, Mary Tengdin
      Pages 73-81

    3. Different Sides of the Story

      • Allison B. McCoy
      Pages 83-84

    4. Barcode Medication Administration Implementation in the FIAT Health System

      • Linda Chan, William Greeley, Don Klingen, Brian Machado, Michael Padula, John Sum et al.
      Pages 85-96

    5. H.I.T. or Miss

      • James McCormack, Bimal R. Desai, Jennifer Garvin, Randal Hamric, Kirk Lalwani, Andi Lushaj et al.
      Pages 97-100

  4. Organizational Impact and Evaluation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 102-106
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    2. The Implementation of Secure Messaging

      • Zhou Yan
      Pages 107-114

    3. Who Moved My Clinic? Donnelly University Pediatric Rehabilitation: The Wheelchair Clinic

      • Fredrick Hilliard
      Pages 115-125

    4. OncoOrders: The Early Years

      • Chris Raggio, Judith W. Dexheimer
      Pages 127-133

    5. Implementing a Computerized Triage System in the Emergency Department

      • Scott R. Levin, Daniel J. France, Dominik Aronsky
      Pages 135-153

    6. Medication Barcode Scanning: Code “Moo”: Dead COW

      • Laurie L. Novak, Kathy S. Moss
      Pages 155-160

  5. Integration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 162-165
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    2. Project NEED: New Efficiency in an Emergency Department

      • Barry Little, Denise Johnson, Jennifer Tingle, Mary Stanfill, Michael Roy
      Pages 167-177
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About this book

By any measure, our field of clinical informatics is poised for rapid growth and expansion. A confluence of forces and trends, including pressure to contain health care costs and simultaneously expand access and coverage, a desire to reduce me- cal error and health care disparities, the need to better understand and optimize our clinical interventions and delivery systems, the need to translate new knowledge into practice quickly and effectively, and the need to demonstrate the value of our services, all call for the application of the methods and techniques of our field – some of which are well honed with experience, and some of which are still in the process of being discovered. Clinical informatics is not the only solution to what ails health care, but it is a critical component of the solution. Our methods and techniques are similar in many ways to the knowledge base of any interdisciplinary field: some are informed by experience, the trials and tribulations of figuring out what works through real world implementation, some are informed by controlled experimentation in randomized controlled trials and related studies, some are informed by critical observation and analysis, and some are developed through laboratory evaluation rather than field trials. As we develop both the basic science, as well as the applied science, of our field, there is a cri- cal role for learning from others by way of case reports and stories.

Reviews

From the reviews of the third edition: “This third edition of a useful overview of clinical informatics uses real life implementation cases and stories surrounding four major areas -- change management, patient safety, organizational impact and evaluation, and integration. … The book is intended for healthcare professionals who are leading the transformation of healthcare by using information and knowledge. It is valuable not only for informatics clinicians, but also for anyone in healthcare, whether executives, managers, consultants, or students.” (Katie Dejuras, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2010)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Clinical Informatics Research &, Partners HealthCare System, Wellesley, U.S.A.

    Laura Einbinder, Jonathan Einbinder

  • Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.

    Nancy M. Lorenzi

  • Div. Medical Informatics & Clinical , Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, U.S.A.

    Joan Ash

  • Dept. Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, U.S.A.

    Cynthia S. Gadd

About the editors

Nancy Lorenzi, PhD, is a professor of Biomedical Informatics and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Joan S. Ash, PhD, is a professor of Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research at the Oregon Health and Science University Medical School, Portland Oregon.

Jonathan Einbinder, MD, MPH is Corporate Manager in Quality Data Management at Partners Healthcare System, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Cindy Gadd, PhD is a professor in Informatics at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Laura Einbinder, MBA is a Consultant at Einbinder & Associates in Medfield, Massachusetts.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transforming Health Care Through Information: Case Studies

  • Editors: Laura Einbinder, Nancy M. Lorenzi, Joan Ash, Cynthia S. Gadd, Jonathan Einbinder

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0269-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0268-9Published: 22 December 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2544-1Published: 29 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0269-6Published: 14 March 2010

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XX, 196

  • Topics: Health Informatics

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, IT & Software, Pharma

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