The quick and easy way to master healthcare technology and use your knowledge in real-world situations\If you're looking for a fun, fast review that boils healthcare informatics down to its most essential, must-know points, your search ends here! Healthcare Informatics Demystified is a complete yet concise overview of today's healthcare information technology. This guide introduces you to topics such as computer physician order entry (CPOE), electronic medication administration records (eMARs), decision support systems, and more. You will learn how to maintain electronic medical records (EMRs), use telemedicine to coordinate healthcare management, and safeguard a patient's privacy during treatment. Studying is easy and effective with key objectives, important terms, brief overviews, tables and diagrams, and NCLEX-style questions throughout the book. At the end is a comprehensive final exam that covers all the content found in Healthcare Informatics Demystified.

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1. Nursing informatics: the basics of nursing informatics : Clinical informatics applications ; Brief history of computers ; Inside a computer ; Inside an application ; A clinical system ; Clinical systems development -- 2. Clinical systems analysis : A clinical system ; Clinical systems development process ; Entities ; Object-oriented design ; Data capture ; Application architecture -- 3. Clinical database analysis : Clinical database application ; Clinical logical database design ; Clinical physical database design -- 4. Clinical data reporting : Reporting language ; SQL ; Insert and retrieve information ; Update and delete ; Column functions ; Group queries ; Sorting ; Joins ; Transactional application ; SQL security ; Stored procedures -- 5. Clinical project management : Introduction to project management ; Work breakdown structure and tasks ; Resources ; Costs ; Management tools ; Change management ; Risk management ; Postdevelopment ; Agile project management -- 6. Clinical informatics team management : Project team management ; Conflict resolution ; Group dynamics ; Effective communication ; Management techniques -- 7. Clinical computer networks : Encoding data ; OSI model ; Network packets ; Ethernet and networks ; Routers ; IP addresses ; The Internet and intranet ; Remote login ; Email ; Wi-fi ; Bluetooth ; Cell phones -- 8. Clinical vendor negotiations : Procurement ; Negotiation ; Conflict resolution ; Contract ; Working the contract -- 9. Clinical disaster recovery : Disaster recovery ; Risk assessment ; Disaster recovery plan ; Disaster recovery options ; Disaster recovery operations -- 10. Clinical systems security : Security audit ; HIPAA and HITECH Act ; Proxy servers ; Firewall ; Encryption ; Security on a wireless network ; Spam ; Denial of service attack ; Identity theft ; Computer viruses.