Public Health Informatics and Information Systems (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2014)

This revised edition covers all aspects of public health informatics and discusses the creation and management of an information technology infrastructure that is essential in linking state and local organizations in their efforts to gather data for the surveillance and prevention. Public health officials will have to understand basic principles of information resource management in order to make the appropriate technology choices that will guide the future of their organizations. Public health continues to be at the forefront of modern medicine, given the importance of implementing a population-based health approach and to addressing chronic health conditions. This book provides informatics principles and examples of practice in a public health context. In doing so, it clarifies the ways in which newer information technologies will improve individual and community health status. This book's primary purpose is to consolidate key information and promote a strategic approach to information systems and development, making it a resource for use by faculty and students of public health, as well as the practicing public health professional. Chapter highlights include: The Governmental and Legislative Context of Informatics; Assessing the Value of Information Systems; Ethics, Information Technology, and Public Health; and Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security. Review questions are featured at the end of every chapter. Aside from its use for public health professionals, the book will be used by schools of public health, clinical and public health nurses and students, schools of social work, allied health, and environmental sciences.

General

Imprint:	Springer London
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Health Informatics
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	2014
Editors:	J.A. Magnuson • Paul C. Fu Jr.
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	666
Edition:	2nd ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-1-4471-4236-2
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
LSN:	1-4471-4236-5
Barcode:	9781447142362

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