The Most Authoritative Health Information Management Book on Health IT Revised and updated to include the latest trends and applications in health IT, including EHRs and meaningful use, this sixth edition of Health IT and EHRs: Principles and Practice offers guidance on developing and implementing health IT systems for students of health information management (HIM) and informatics. This book now goes beyond the topic of EHRs to address implementation, interoperability, optimization, and enterprise content management (ECM) while addressing a broader range of health technologies. Previously titled Electronic Health Records: A Practical Guide for Professionals and Organizations, this book is now completely revised for the academic market and aligns with the CAHIIM baccalaureate curriculum. Key Features Updates address the broader topic of health IT and the use of EHRs beyond implementation Includes new content on interoperability and optimization Aligns to CAHIIM baccalaureate curriculum Contains a new chapter on population-based health.

Introduction to health IT -- Information systems theory and systems development life cycle -- Strategic planning for health IT -- Health IT goal setting and measuring impact on healthcare value -- Healthcare workflow and process mapping -- Change management for health IT -- Health IT vendor selection and contract negotiation and management -- Health IT project management : roles in design and implementation -- Health IT system implementation, training, and ongoing maintenance -- Data infrastructure -- Information technology -- Health IT privacy and security -- Interoperability -- Optimizing the acute care EHR -- Optimizing the ambulatory care EHR -- Specialty-specific EHRs -- Health IT for consumers -- Enterprise content and record management as an EHR bridge -- Revenue cycle management -- Population health.