Research Guides: *Health Informatics: Reference

Using These Tools

These materials can provide a source of background information as well as additional readings. They can also be a good place to start when you are beginning research in an area you are unfamiliar with.

Handbooks

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At the Gale Virtual Reference Library go to Advanced Search, More Options, search box for select publication title, and type in Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making, 2009. The landing page for this title will load and you can then search by table of contents or use the Tools feature at the right to search by keywords.

Handbook of Research on Informatics in Healthcare and Biomedicine
This collection describes and analyzes recent breakthroughs in healthcare and biomedicine providing comprehensive coverage and definitions of important issues, concepts, new trends and advanced technologies.

Informatics for the Clinical Laboratory
This title is organized into three sections: the first deals with the concept, organization, and management of laboratory information services; the second with technical aspects of computer systems; and the third with applications. Each chapter contains a glossary and the a comprehensive glossary is compiled at the end of the book.

Additional Resources

Impact of Healthcare Informatics on Quality of Patient Care and Health Services by Divya Srinivasan Sridhar
ISBN: 9781466504882
Publication Date: 2017-11-15
Recent healthcare reform and its provisions have pushed health information technology (HIT) into the forefront. Higher life expectancies, fewer medical errors, lower costs, and improved transparency are all possible through HIT.Taking an integrated approach, Impact of Healthcare Informatics on Quality of Patient Care and Health Services examines the various types of organizations, including nonprofit hospitals, for-profit hospitals, community health centers, and government hospitals.