Main description:

The book offers an introduction to all the informatics concepts that are represented on the Clinical Informatics Board Examination The core and direction of this book is to mirror the model of clinical informatics which is used by the American Board of Preventive Medicine to create their exam. Unlike any other text on the market, the book includes simulated exam questions, to help the reader asses his knowledge and focus his study.

Clinical Informatics Board Review and Self Assessment is a thorough practical assistant to refine the reader's knowledge regarding this youngest and possibly broadest fields of medicine.

Contents:

Part I Fundamentals

1.1 Clinical Informatics

1.2 The Health System

Part II Clinical Decision Making and Care Process Improvement

2.1 Clinical Decision Support

2.2 Evidence-Based Patient Care

2.3 Clinical Workflow Analysis, Process Redesign, and Quality Improvement

Part III Health Information Systems

3.1 Information Technology Systems

3.2 Human Factors Engineering

3.3 Health Information Systems and Applications

3.4 Clinical Data Standards

3.5 Information System Lifecycle

Part IV Leading and Managing Change

4.1 Leadership Models, Processes, and Practices

4.2 Effective Interdisciplinary Teams

4.3 Effective Communications

4.4 Project Management

4.5 Strategic and Financial Planning for Clinical Information Systems

4.6 Change Management

Numerical Methods

Questions

Answers

Index