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Administration Applications

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Healthcare administrators face a variety of demands such as program planning, resource management, financial management, organizational reporting, and quality improvements. Consequently, administrators have a need for accurate, timely information to support decision-making, as well as tools to support the communication of such decisions. Information and data are considered corporate assets, in that they provide the foundation for informed decisions. This chapter covers both management information systems – those solutions that collect, synthesize and present information and data to support decision making, and the office automation systems which assist administrators communicate their decisions.

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  1. Independant Health Informatics Executive, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

    Hélène Clément RN, BScN, MHA, CPHIMS-CA

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  1. Hélène Clément RN, BScN, MHA, CPHIMS-CA
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Correspondence to Hélène Clément RN, BScN, MHA, CPHIMS-CA .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Kathryn J. Hannah

  2. Dublin City University, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Pamela Hussey

  3. Global Village Consulting Inc, Merigomish, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Margaret A. Kennedy

  4. IBM Research Center for Healthcare Management, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Marion J. Ball

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GRASP (Grace Reynolds Application and Study of PETO). An example of a popular administrative solution used for workload management. With permission from GRASP Systems International, Inc (MP4 50378 kb)

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Clément, H. (2015). Administration Applications. In: Hannah, K., Hussey, P., Kennedy, M., Ball, M. (eds) Introduction to Nursing Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2999-8_10

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