Behavioral Healthcare Informatics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Overview

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Behavioral Health and Informatics: An Overview

      • Naakesh A. Dewan, Nancy M. Lorenzi, Robert T. Riley, Sarbori R. Bhattacharya

      Pages 3-8

   3. Technology Infrastructures

      • David Olson

      Pages 9-27

3. Clinicians’ Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-31

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   2. Knowledge Delivery and Behavioral Healthcare Professionals

      • Robert Kennedy

      Pages 32-44

   3. Decision Support Tools in Psychotherapy and Behavioral Health Care

      • Lawrence G. Weiss

      Pages 45-52

   4. Computerized Medication Algorithms in Behavioral Health Care

      • Madhukar H. Trivedi, Janet K. Kern, Tracy M. Voegtle, Shannon M. Baker, Kenneth Z. Altshuler

      Pages 53-63

4. Consumers’ Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-67

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   2. Behavioral Health Consumerism and the Internet

      • Norman Alessi, Milton Huang

      Pages 68-76

   3. Older Adults, Information Technology, and Behavioral Health Care

      • Raymond L. Ownby, Sara J. Czaja, Chin Chin Lee

      Pages 77-86

5. Informatics and Quality Improvement

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-90

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   2. Managing Clinical Care in a Pervasive Computing Environment

      • Les DelPizzo, Sarbori R. Bhattacharya, Naakesh A. Dewan, Suresh Bangara

      Pages 91-104

   3. Improving Quality and Accountability Through Information Systems

      • Charles Ruetsch, David M. Wadell, Naakesh A. Dewan

      Pages 105-124

   4. Decision Support 2000+: A New Information System for Public Mental Health Care

      • Marilyn J. Henderson, Sarah L. Minden, Ronald W. Manderscheid

      Pages 125-136

6. Organizational Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-139

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   2. Barriers and Resistance to Informatics in Behavioral Health Care

      • Robert T. Riley, Nancy M. Lorenzi, Naakesh A. Dewan

      Pages 140-148

   3. Leadership Roles and Responsibilities of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer

      • Nancy M. Lorenzi, Robert T. Riley, Naakesh A. Dewan

      Pages 149-155

   4. Organizational Aspects of Implementing Informatics Change

      • Nancy M. Lorenzi, Robert T. Riley

      Pages 156-170

   5. Evaluating the Impact of Behavioral Healthcare Informatics

      • Nancy M. Lorenzi, Naakesh A. Dewan, Robert T. Riley

      Pages 171-179

This book will provide an overview of the state of the art in behavioral health care informatics as well as discussing the challenges on the horizon, such as organizational issues, human-centered issues, educating healthcare executives about technology issues, educating clinicians about behavioral informatics systems, and consumer issues. In addition to significant contributions by the editors, the book will contain contributions from a small number of acknowledged experts within their respective fields.
As daily living becomes more stressful, socio-psychological or behavioral related problems become more intense. Informatics has the potential to transform the world of behavioral practitioners to enable them to assist people more easily. This book will focus on informatics-related topics that all disciplines connected to the behavioral health will find very useful for their day-to-day practice.

• Interface
• Internet
• Management
• Radiologieinformationssystem
• medical informatics
• psychiatry
• psychology

• Center for Quality, Innovations & Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

  Naakesh A. Dewan

• Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

  Nancy M. Lorenzi

• Riley Associates, Nashville, USA

  Robert T. Riley

• Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

  Sarbori R. Bhattacharya

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