Information Technology and Data in Healthcare - 9781032082271

Name: Information Technology and Data in Healthcare - 9781032082271
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Information Technology and Data in HealthcareUsing and Understanding Data\nAuthor(s): David Hartzband\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Productivity Press\nISBN-13: 9781032082271, 978-1032082271\nSynopsis\nHealthcare transformation requires us to continually look at new and better ways to manage insights both within and outside the organization. Increasingly, the ability to glean and operationalize new insights efficiently as a byproduct of an organizations day-to-day operations is becoming vital for hospitals and health systems to survive and prosper. One of the long-standing challenges in healthcare informatics has been the ability to deal with the sheer variety and volume of disparate healthcare data and the increasing need to derive veracity and value out of it. \n\nThis book addresses several topics important to the understanding and use of data in healthcare. First, it provides a formal explanation based on epistemology (theory o.