Digital Doctors

Author: Marshall Ruffin Jr., MD, MPH, CPE, FACPE

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Digital Doctors

One of the leading voices in the medical informatics movement has updated his writings on this increasingly important health care subject and added a wealth of new information. We have collected his wisdom in a book that defines the history, the current status, and the likely future direction of medical informatics. And the book is written in a style that will make it both a "read" and a reference. Whether you are struggling to bring informatics into your professional life or have a working knowledge of its concepts and applications, the contents of this book can guide you to professional success.

218 Pages © 1999

Table of Contents

Introduction

Building Intellectual Capital-the Product of Digital Systems

Section One
Brave New World

Chapter 1
Medical Informatics

Chapter 2
On Being Digital

Chapter 3
Informatics Is a Career Management Requirement

Chapter 4
Many Chief Information Officers Will Be Physician Executives

Chapter 5
The Politics of Informatics

Chapter 6
All the News That's Fit for Bytes

Chapter 7
Getting the Most Benefit from Information Systems Consultants

Chapter 8
The Future of Computers

Chapter 9
The Future of Health Care Information Systems

Section Two
Expanding Horizons

Chapter 10
The Wonderful Evolution of Personal Computers

Chapter 11
Linking Elements of System

Chapter 12
The World Wide Web Is Coming to an Organization Near You

Chapter 13
Surfing the Web

Chapter 14
Intranets Advance Medical Care

Chapter 15
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Chapter 16
Information in a System-Oriented World

Section Three
New Structures for Health Care Delivery

Chapter 17
The Organized Health Care System

Chapter 18
Informatics for the Transition from Managed Care to Organized Care

Chapter 19
Key Success Factors for Organized Care Systems

Chapter 20
Managed Care Administration

Chapter 21
Managed Care Information Needs: A Summary Perspective

Chapter 22
Preparing for Managed Competition

Chapter 23
New Governance for a New Era: Issues and Challenges for Integrating Systems

Section Four
Implications for Providers and Provider Organizations

Chapter 24
Changes and Choices for Physicians

Chapter 25
Physician Profiling

Chapter 26
Informatics and Practice Guidelines

Chapter 27
The Importance of Data Warehouses for Physician Executives

Chapter 28
Telemedicine: Where Is Technology Taking Us?

Chapter 29
Information Technology: A Way to Streamline Medical Practice

Chapter 30
Information Technology: Interactive Media Enhance Medicine

Chapter 31
Physician Executives Must Be Leaders in the Information Revolution

Epilogue

Glossary of Medical Informatics Terms