Informatics in Primary Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-x

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2. Overview of Primary Care Informatics

   • Thomas E. Norris

   Pages 1-11

3. Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

   • Harold I. Goldberg

   Pages 12-23

4. Importing Data from Other Programs and Databases: HL7 Interfaces

   • James I. Hoath

   Pages 24-34

5. Importing Laboratory Data

   • James Fine, David Chou

   Pages 35-52

6. Importing Images

   • Brent K. Stewart

   Pages 53-70

7. Evidence-Based Medicine

   • John P. Geyman, Fredric M. Wolf

   Pages 71-88

8. Clinical Decision Support

   • Peter Tarczy-Hornoch, Thomas H. Payne

   Pages 89-102

9. Knowledge Resources: Finding Answers to Primary Care Questions

   • Debra S. Ketchell, Leilani St. Anna, Sherry Dodson, Sarah Safranek, Terry Ann Jankowski

   Pages 103-119

10. Computer-Based Patient Education Resources and Instruction

    • Cezanne Garcia

    Pages 120-151

11. Workflow Automation with Electronic Medical Records

    • Cedric J. Priebe III, Eric Rose

    Pages 152-165

12. Privacy and Security of Patient Information

    • Paul D. Clayton

    Pages 166-173

13. Electronic Billing for the Primary Care Physician

    • Peter J. House, Lydia Bartholomew

    Pages 174-186

14. Reporting and Analysis

    • P. Jeffrey Hummel, Teresa A. Spellman Gamble

    Pages 187-213

15. Telecommunications in Primary Care

    • David Masuda

    Pages 214-233

16. Back Matter

    Pages 235-241

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Informatics, the study of the science of information and related disciplines, is being increasingly applied to medicine and healthcare. Medical schools are de­ veloping departments, divisions, and sections of medical (or biomedical) infor­ matics, and curricula are being created for medical students and residents. For many practicing physicians, questions such as "What is informatics?" and "Why is informatics important in medicine?" are becoming commonplace. Further, once these basics are understood, many physicians seek more complete information about this new "basic science. " The goal of this book is to provide primary care physicians with a practical in­ troductory understanding of medical informatics, focusing on areas of importance in primary care. Additionally, we seek to present clinical contexts in which some of the various applications of medical informatics can be applied. The book begins with an overview of medical informatics, based on the inter­ action (interface) between the patient and the primary care physician. Next, we study how this interaction can be documented with electronic medical records, and how information on laboratory data and imaging, originating from other elec­ tronic sources, can be integrated into the electronic medical record. We then cover several areas that concern the content of the information used in primary care. Areas of focus include evidence-based medicine, decision support, knowledge re­ sources, and patient education. Finally, this book concludes with five chapters concerning practical aspects of primary care informatics: workflow, privacy and security, electronic billing, reporting and analysis, and telecommunications.

• HL7
• care
• database
• healthcare
• informatics
• management
• medicine
• privacy

• School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

  Thomas E. Norris

• University of Washington Physicians Network, Seattle, USA

  Thomas E. Norris

• Biomedical Informatics, and Health Services, Seattle, USA

  Thomas E. Norris

• Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics and Information School, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA

  Sherrilynne S. Fuller

• University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA

  Harold I. Goldberg

• Biomedical and Health Informatics, Department of Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

  Peter Tarczy-Hornoch

• Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

  Peter Tarczy-Hornoch

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