文档介绍:
Healthcare Information
Systems and Informatics:
Research and Practices
Joseph Tan
Wayne State Unversty, USA
MedIcal InfoRMatIon ScIence RefeRence
Hershey • New York
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Healthcare information systems & informatics : research and practices / Joseph Tan, editor.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: “This book addresses issues involving health information systems and informatics as innovative
forms of investment in healthcare”--Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-1-59904-690-7 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-59904-692-1 (ebook)
1. Medical informatics. 2. Information storage and retrieval systems--Medical care. 3. Health services admin-
istration--Data processing. I. Tan, Joseph K. H.
[DNLM: 1. Medical Informatics