HIPAA : stakeholder impacts and effects of provisions of the HITECH Act -- Organizational culture : what is needed to adopt HIT across different types of hospitals? -- Health economics : organizational finance and healthcare IT -- Cost benefit analysis and funding EMRs -- Analyzing the presence of EMRs across different health providers -- EMR impacts on quality of care and cost to the patient -- The physician and perceptions : medical malpractice and impacts from HIT usage -- Reduction in bioterrorism through the usage of EMRs -- The direction of health informatics and the future : the E-health industry
Summary
This book examines various types of organizations, including nonprofit hospitals, for-profit hospitals, community health centers, and government hospitals. By doing so, it provides a comparative perspective of how different organizations adapt and use health information technology (HIT)
