Strategy and Architecture of Health Care Information Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-6

3. Health Care Industry Structure

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   Pages 7-23

4. Health Care Information Systems

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   Pages 24-42

5. Business Architecture

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   Pages 43-96

6. Data Architecture

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   Pages 97-165

7. Technical Architecture

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   Pages 166-244

8. Control Architecture

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   Pages 245-262

9. Abbreviated Methodology

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   Pages 263-285

10. Future Issues for Health Care Systems Architecture

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    Pages 286-301

11. Mock Strategic Plan

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    Pages 302-326

12. Back Matter

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Information technology constantly changes and quickly becomes obsolete. The methodology of planning and implementing a health care information system, however, is more constant. Through practical, step-by-step guidelines, the author demonstrates how to establish the strategy and architecture against which vendor and system decisions must be made. Both management and technical perspectives are discussed. Thus, regardless of the technology used, the health care administrator and systems manager learn to implement information systems successfully and to link those systems with business strategy to achieve higher quality and more cost-effective patient care.

• Information Technology (IT)
• care
• health
• health care
• health care system
• information technology
• management
• methodology
• planning
• quality

• College of Business and Economics, Houston Baptist University, Houston, USA

  Michael K. Bourke

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