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Performance Improvement Through Information Management

Health Care’s Bridge to Success

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Marion J. Ball

    1. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, USA

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  2. Judith V. Douglas

    1. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, USA
      First Consulting Group, Baltimore, USA

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  • DESCRIBES THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART
  • AS WELL AS THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE EXPLAINS WHEN, HOW, AND WHY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS ARE OF VALUE * PROVIDES PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF HEALTH CARE AND ITS TRANSFORMATION *
  • THE EDITORS HAVE WRITTEN OTHER AUTHORITATIVE COMPUTERS AND HEALTH CARE WITH SPRINGER
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Health Informatics (HI)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Market Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Market Forces and the Environment

      • James Reep, Philip Lohman
      Pages 3-20

    3. Market Structure

      • Roice D. Luke, Ramesh K. Shukla
      Pages 21-42

    4. Strategy Analyses and Implications for Information Systems

      • Roice D. Luke, Ramesh K. Shukla
      Pages 43-62

  3. Transformational Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Planning for Performance

      • Richard N. Kramer, Judith V. Douglas
      Pages 65-74

    3. Enterprise Information Architecture

      • Tom Hurley, Donald Tompkins
      Pages 75-83

    4. Process Design

      • David Beaulieu
      Pages 84-97

    5. Care Delivery and Care Management

      • Barbara Hoehn, Leslie Perreault
      Pages 98-109

    6. Health Plan Operations and Marketing: The Emerging Network Manager Role

      • James R. McPhail, Robert G. Bonstein Jr.
      Pages 110-118

  4. Enabling Technologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Information Integration

      • Tim Webb, Dale Will
      Pages 121-133

    3. Application Development

      • Tom Hurley, Michael Feyen
      Pages 134-143

    4. Application Integration

      • Briggs T. Pille, Robert K. Antczak
      Pages 144-152

    5. Technical Infrastructure: Power for the Enterprise

      • David Dimond, Michael Gorsage, Joseph Casper, Judith V. Douglas
      Pages 153-161

    6. Emerging Technologies

      • Gordon Heinrich, Gail Hinte
      Pages 162-172

    7. Implications and Direction

      • James Reep, Philip Lohman
      Pages 173-188

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 189-204
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About this book

Performance Improvement through Information Management highlights performance improvement and business strategies throughout various health care settings, focusing on business drivers and management mechanisms, explaining when, how, and why information technology solutions are of value. Structured on three levels: Market Environment, Transformational Processes, and Enabling Technologies, the text describes the current state of the art of health care and the shape of things to come, and provides practical solutions and strategies for implementing applications of technology within the current context of health care and its transformation. This text will be an invaluable reference to the chief executive officers, chief information officers, senior executives, and board members who are shaping health care today and into the 21st century. Likewise, it will appeal to healthcare administrators and managers, healthcare systems specialists, and students in advanced healthcare professional and academic programs.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, USA

    Marion J. Ball

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, USA

    Judith V. Douglas

  • First Consulting Group, Baltimore, USA

    Judith V. Douglas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Performance Improvement Through Information Management

  • Book Subtitle: Health Care’s Bridge to Success

  • Editors: Marion J. Ball, Judith V. Douglas

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0519-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98452-0Published: 21 December 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6800-0Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-0519-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 204

  • Topics: Health Informatics

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