Handbook of Research on Patient Safety and Quality Care through Health Informatics

Vaughan Michell , Deborah J. Rosenorn-Lanng , Stephen R. Gulliver , Wendy Currie (1)

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Medical and health activities can greatly benefit from the effective use of health informatics. By capturing, processing, and disseminating information to the correct systems and processes, decision-making can be more successful and quality care and patient safety would see significant improvements. The Handbook of Research on Patient Safety and Quality Care through Health Informatics highlights current research and trends from both professionals and researchers on health informatics as applied to the needs of patient safety and quality care. Bringing together theory and practical approaches for patient needs, this book is essential for educators and trainers at multiple experience levels in the fields of medicine and medical informatics.

Keywords: Analysis Tools; Health Enterprise Architectures; Health Policies; Human Factors; Mobile Telecoms; Patient Safety; Pervasive informatics

Domains: Mobile Computing; Human health and pathology

Vaughan Michell, Deborah J. Rosenorn-Lanng, Stephen R. Gulliver, Wendy Currie (Dir.). Handbook of Research on Patient Safety and Quality Care through Health Informatics. IGI Global, pp.486, 2013, 9781466645462. ⟨10.4018/978-1-4666-4546-2⟩. ⟨hal-01132436⟩