The Internet serves as an essential tool in promoting health awareness through the circulation of important research among the medical professional community. While digital tools and technologies have greatly improved healthcare, challenges are still prevalent among diverse populations worldwide. The Handbook of Research on Advancing Health Education through Technology presents a comprehensive discussion of health knowledge equity and the importance of the digital age in providing life-saving data for diagnosis and treatment of diverse populations with limited resources. Featuring timely, research-based chapters across a broad spectrum of topic areas including, but not limited to, online health information resources, data management and analysis, and knowledge accessibility, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, academicians, medical professionals, and upper level students interested in the advancement and dissemination of medical knowledge.

The best source for cutting-edge insights into AI in healthcare operations AI in Healthcare: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing IT Operations and Infrastructure Services collects, organizes and provides the latest, most up-to-date research on the emerging technology of artificial intelligence as it is applied to healthcare operations. Written by a world-leading technology executive specializing in healthcare IT, this book provides concrete examples and practical advice on how to deploy artificial intelligence solutions in your healthcare environment. AI in Healthcare reveals to readers how they can take advantage of connecting real-time event correlation and response automation to minimize IT disruptions in critical healthcare IT functions. This book provides in-depth coverage of all the most important and central topics in the healthcare applications of artificial intelligence, including: Healthcare IT AI Clinical Operations AI Operational Infrastructure Project Planning Metrics, Reporting, and Service Performance AIOps in Automation AIOps Cloud Operations Future of AI Written in an accessible and straightforward style, this book will be invaluable to IT managers, administrators, and engineers in healthcare settings, as well as anyone with an interest or stake in healthcare technology.

In this issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest editors Stephen P. Cragle and Eileen H. Dauer bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Business of Otolaryngology. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as Committing Otolaryngology to pay equity and diversity, Coding for optimal payment, E-health & Telemedicine in Otolaryngology, and more. Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Making a major change - changing your practice setting, retirement, and locums; Talking to patients and their families about adverse events - how transparency and empathy can be transformative for all (Michigan Model or CANDOR); Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Otolaryngology; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on the Business of Otolaryngology, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Medical terminology for students of the health professions offers a systematic approach to explaining terminology to entry-level students of the health sciences, including students of medicine, dentistry, nursing, dietetics, occupational therapy, radiography, human movement sciences, speech-language pathology and audiology, and veterinary sciences. The focus of this book is on terms and study texts with clinical relevance that are commonly used in health and veterinary sciences practice, and the textbook includes exercises to further facilitate students' comprehension of medical terminology. This book has six sections. The first contains an introductory chapter, followed by eight vocabulary chapters in section II, and six chapters on systems of the body in section III. A chapter is also included (in section IV) on veterinary science terminology for students of that profession. Section V deals with medical terms in context. Section VI contains lists of eponyms, term parts (with both their English and Afrikaans meanings), abbreviations (used in pharmaceutical prescriptions) as well as a comprehensive word list of medical terms. This book is designed in such a way that students who study this text over a period of 14 weeks will be well equipped to analyse and understand most medical terms. It will enable students to understand and use the highly technical terminology of the health and related sciences with confidence during their studies and professional careers.

Business intelligence (BI) tools are capable of working with healthcare data in an efficient manner to generate real-time information and knowledge relevant to the success of healthcare organizations. Further, BI tools benefit healthcare professionals making critical decisions within hospitals, clinics, and physicians' offices. Applying Business Intelligence to Clinical and Healthcare Organizations presents new solutions for data analysis within the healthcare sector in order to improve the quality of medical care and patient quality of life. Business intelligence models and techniques are explored and their benefits for the healthcare sector exposed in this timely research-based publication comprised of chapters written by professionals and researchers from around the world. Hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, biomedical engineers, informatics engineers, and students in graduate-level healthcare management programs will find this publication essential to their professional development and research needs.

Improvements in hospital management and emergency medical and critical care services require continual attention and dedication to ensure efficient and proper care for citizens. To support this endeavor, professionals rely more and more on the application of information systems and technologies to promote the overall quality of modern healthcare. Implementing effective technologies and strategies ensures proper quality and instruction for both the patient and medical practitioners. Hospital Management and Emergency Medicine: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the latest scholarly material on emerging strategies and methods for delivering optimal emergency medical care and examines the latest technologies and tools that support the development of efficient emergency departments and hospital staff. While highlighting the challenges medical practitioners and healthcare professionals face when treating patients and striving to optimize their processes, the book shows how revolutionary technologies and methods are vastly improving how healthcare is implemented globally. Highlighting a range of topics such as overcrowding, decision support systems, and patient safety, this publication is an ideal reference source for hospital directors, hospital staff, emergency medical services, paramedics, medical administrators, managers and employees of health units, physicians, medical students, academicians, and researchers seeking current research on providing optimal care in emergency medicine.

The Handbook of Healthcare Management is a comprehensive examination of key management practices for global healthcare organizations, arguing that insight into and implementation of these practices is essential for success and sustainability. Expert contributors analyze both existing methods and new developments in healthcare management, through topics including healthcare marketing and customer service, managing human resources and organizational stakeholders, strategic and business planning, high-reliability organizations, and health informatics. The result is a well-rounded collection of strategies to enhance healthcare quality, with emphasis on factors that promote organizational excellence. This Handbook will be invaluable to students in both master and doctoral healthcare management programs, as well as faculty and health services researchers, practitioners in both private and public sectors, policy-makers, and public administrators. Contributors: A. Beardsley, J.W. Begun, N. Borkowski, B.K. Breland, K. Darr, C. Deschamp, E.W. Ford, M.D. Fottler, L.H. Friedman, J. Gill, P.K. Howse, T.R.Huerta, J.C. Hyde, R. Kemp, D. Malvey, A.S. McAlearney, N. Menachemi, C. Molinari, H. Nguyen, S.J. O'Connor, P.A. Paustian, A. Raffenaud, S. Rahurkar, S. Ruff, C.J. Sampson, D.J. Slovensky, D.G. Smith, P.L. Spath, W.L. Tarver, M. Thygeson, J.M. Trimm, J.G. Van Matre, C.F. Wainwright, J.H. Willig, T. Yeung, T. Zhang

Contributed by experts who've developed integrative healthcare initiatives with strengths in the areas of policy and principles, organizational systems, or clinical practice. These contributors will illustrate the concepts and describe the nuts and bolts of their integration initiatives. In the conclusion of each section, the editors will construct a template to systematically evaluate these essential elements. This template will organize the information to help stakeholders compare and contrast the strengths, resources, limitations, and challenges of how each model meets the vision of integrative healthcare. In the concluding section the information in the preceding sections connects to provide a coherent synopsis of the common themes and practices, from the macro to micro levels of care, which foster successful integration of the medical and psychosocial systems.

Essential medical codes of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders 5-TR at your fingertips in 6 laminated pages. Succinctly written by author Rona Bernstein, PsyD to cover the most used codes and core of the DSM. The previous version of this quick reference guide (before this TR version) was a best seller on Amazon and was highly praised. Customers say it is invaluable for those in medical coding and billing for mental health. The value at this price is unbeatable so add this tool to your library to make finding common codes easy until you are seasoned and have them memorized. 6-page laminated guide includes medical codes for common disorders including: Neurodevelopmental Disorders Schizophrenia Spectrum & Other Psychotic Disorders Bipolar & Related Disorders Depressive Disorders Anxiety Disorders Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders Trauma- & Stressor-Related Disorders Dissociative Disorders Somatic Symptom & Related Disorders Sleep-Wake Disorders Feeding & Eating Disorders Sexual Dysfunctions Elimination Disorders Disruptive, Impulse-Control & Conduct Disorders Gender Dysphoria Substance-Related & Addictive Disorders Neurocognitive Disorders Personality Disorders Paraphilic Disorders Other Mental Disorders & Additional Codes Medication-Induced Movement Disorders & Other Adverse Effects of Medication Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention