Information Systems for Health Services Administration

This classic text has been completely updated to reflect today's challenges of managing information in a variety of healthcare settings. It explains how to design and use information systems in managed care and integrated delivery systems and identifies opportunities of technological innovations. Includes new case studies and illustrations. The new edition covers: * Managed care software applications * The Internet and healthcare * Computer-based patient records * The role of information systems * improved quality of care * management decision making * risk analysis * financial forecasting * outcomes measurement