Informatics for Health Professionals 2nd edition (second edition)

About this book

Informatics for Health Professionals 2nd edition by Kathleen G. Mastrian and Dee McGonigle introduces health informatics from a multidisciplinary perspective and explains how information, technology, and knowledge management support healthcare practice. Built around the Foundation of Knowledge model, the book shows how health professionals collect, process, communicate, and apply information to improve patient care, education, administration, and clinical decision making.

The 2nd edition covers information science, healthcare information systems, electronic health records, system selection and implementation, interoperability, data standards, clinical applications, telehealth, consumer health informatics, social media, privacy, security, and professional education technologies. It also introduces emerging areas such as machine learning and artificial intelligence and examines how informatics tools affect care delivery across different health professions.

This book is intended especially for allied health students and professionals learning how informatics applies within their own disciplines. Its examples and applications are relevant to dental hygiene, diagnostic medical sonography, dietetics, medical technology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, radiography, respiratory therapy, speech language pathology, and other health professions that increasingly rely on digital information systems.

Allied health students, clinical trainees, and practicing health professionals can use this edition to understand information systems, evaluate informatics tools, improve digital communication, and prepare for technology driven healthcare environments. The 2021 2nd edition is available as a searchable PDF enhanced digital version with instant access for health informatics coursework, professional education, clinical training, and reference.