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Health IT jumpstart : the best first step toward an IT career in health information technology / Patrick Wilson, Scott McEvoy

Author
Wilson, Patrick
Published
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley, 2011.
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 414 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
McEvoy, Scott
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Contents
Healthcare ecosystem: past, present, and future -- Building relationships and continuing education -- Healthcare lingo -- HIPAA regulations -- HITECH regulations -- ARRA funding -- PCI and other regulations -- Operational workflow: front office -- Operational workflow: back office -- Operational workflow: nursing -- Operational workflow: clinician -- Clinical applications -- Administrative applications -- Tying it all together with technology -- Selecting the right EHR vendor -- Answers to review questions.
Summary
IT professionals can learn how to launch a career in health information technology Government regulation is mandating that all physician practices, hospitals, labs, etc. move to electronic health records (EHR) by 2014, which, in turn, will create a demand for IT professionals to help medical facilities make this transition as smooth as possible. This book helps IT professionals make the move into health information technology (HIT) and shows you how EHRs can be securely created, maintained, distributed, and backed up under government regulations. The author duo is a pair of HIT expe.
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ISBN
9781118203941 (e-book)
1118203941 (e-book)
9781118016763
1118016769
9781118203965
9781118203958
Note
Includes index.
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