Health IT and EHRs

6th Edition

by Margret K. Amatayakul

This sixth edition is being renamed Health IT and EHRs as a result of the expanded scope of the technology needed for all health information collection and use. The sixth edition is also focused more on serving as a textbook in addition to serving as a reference work for readers who work in any health setting, whether a healthcare provider organization, vendor, health plan, or policy- maker. The book introduces the full scope of health IT in chronological fashion, covering the information systems development life cycle, strategic planning, goal setting workflow and process mapping, change management, vendor selection, project management, and implementation, training, and ongoing maintenance of EHR and other health IT systems. It also addresses the essential elements of data infrastructure, information technology, privacy and security, and interoperability for all forms of health IT. Finally, there is considerable expansion in chapters covering techniques to achieve value with health IT in various acute care, ambulatory care, and specialty care settings as well as for consumer health IT, enterprise content and record management as an EHR bridge technology, revenue cycle management, and population health. Those familiar with the fifth edition of Electronic Health Records: A Practical Guide for Professionals and Organizations will find that some of the chapters have been moved around, consolidated, or expanded in the sixth edition. Two chapters have been added, on revenue cycle management and population health, given expanded interest in integrating.