Effective Management of Healthcare Information: Leadership Roles, Challenges, and Solutions (HIMSS Book Series)

Healthcare delivery organizations are continually under the gun to provide high-quality and cost-effective care while managing and improving clinical, functional, and financial outcomes. To make knowledge-based decisions, clinicians, managers, executives, and other healthcare knowledge workers need access to high-quality information. Written by renowned healthcare IT leaders, Effective Management of Healthcare Information: Leadership Roles, Challenges, and Solutions describes current trends in healthcare information management leadership roles and organizational structure; presents the major issues and challenges facing those in these roles; and discusses strategic and tactical solutions for addressing those issues and challenges. Chapter topics include strategic planning, HIPAA, patient safety and the role of IT, eHealth, and emerging technologies that enable clinician mobility. In addition, chapters provide guidance on measuring benefits, cultivating value and procuring software and IT services. The final chapter offers pearls of wisdom on leadership roles, challenges, and solutions from leaders in the healthcare IT industry.