Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview of clinical informatics / Kathrin M. Cresswell, David W. Bates, Adam Wright and Aziz Sheikh -- Inpatient clinical information systems / Kathrin M. Cresswell and Aziz Sheikh -- Outpatient clinical information systems / Adam Wright and David W. Bates -- Electronic clinical documentation / Gordon D. Schiff and Mary J. Tharayil -- Interoperability / Mark E. Frisse -- Privacy and security / John D. Halamka -- Public policy and health informatics / David W. Bates and Aziz Sheikh -- Health information technology and value / Blackford Middleton and Ngai T Cheung -- Organizational and behavioral issues / Joan S. Ash and Nancy M. Lorenzi -- Medication management, and laboratory and radiology testing / Sarah P. Slight and David W. Bates -- Bioinformatics and precision medicine / Arjun K. Manrai and Isaac S. Kohane -- Clinical decision support and knowledge management / Robert A. Greenes -- Mobile health / Karandeep Singh and Adam B. Landman -- A sociotechnical approach to electronic health record related safety / Dean F. Sittig and Hardeep Singh -- Predictive analytics and population health / Peter S. Hall and Andrew Morris -- An apps-based information economy in healthcare / Kenneth D. Mandl, Joshua C. Mandel and Pascal B Pfiffner -- Cloud-based computing / Mehrdad A. Mizani -- Social and consumer informatics / Felix Graves and Ronen Rozenblum -- Machine learning in healthcare / Alison Callahan and Nigam H. Shah -- The future of medical informatics / David W. Gates, Kathrin M. Cresswell, Adam Wright and Aziz Sheikh.

Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology provides a state-of-the-art overview of the most current subjects in clinical informatics. Leading international authorities write short, accessible, well-referenced chapters which bring readers up-to-date with key developments and likely future advances in the relevant subject areas. This book encompasses topics such as inpatient and outpatient clinical information systems, clinical decision support systems, health information technology, genomics, mobile health, telehealth and cloud-based computing. Additionally, it discusses privacy, confidentiality and security required for health data. Edited by internationally recognized authorities in the field of clinical informatics, the book is a valuable resource for medical/nursing students, clinical informaticists, clinicians in training, practicing clinicians and allied health professionals with an interest in health informatics.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.