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Community-based care is the fasted growing segment of health care. Health reform in all parts of the world has meant a decrease in numbers of hospital beds and increases in home care. Community-based health promotion and illness prevention programs are also increasing. Surveillance programs must also be maintained. Informatics are playing an integral role in facilitating community-based care. Many community-based organizations have information systems that mirror those of hospital facilities. Systems are typically used for tracking, scheduling, billing, and human resources functions. Because of health reform reorganization, many community-based care providers and organizations are now incorporated into regional health systems. Often the information systems are also combined.
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Hannah, K.J., Ball, M.J., Edwards, M.J.A. (1999). Clinical Practice Applications: Community Based. In: Introduction to Nursing Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3095-1_8
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