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Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century: An International Look at Practice, Education and EHR Trends, 2nd edition


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Just released: New Edition of a HIMSS best seller and Book of the Year winner!

Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century: An International Look at Practice, Education and EHR Trends is the follow-up to the highly successful, award-winning first edition. Published in 2006, the first edition was a critical resource in chronicling the huge historical shift in nursing linked to the explosion of electronic health record (EHR) national strategies and health policies around the globe. This updated edition, co-published by the American Medical Informatics Association, examines the revolution that has occurred in nursing in the past four years and explores the role information technology is playing in this transformation, with a thoughtful examination of nursing practice, science and research, and education across the globe.  

Change Management Strategies for an Effective EMR Implementation

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This book should be required reading for any executive planning an EMR implementation!

By Claire McCarthy, MA; and Douglas Eastman, PhD; with David E. Garets, Contributing Editor

Despite the promise of improving care and other benefits, EMR implementations are highly disruptive to the organization. This book prepares you to lead or participate successfully in change management/technology adoption efforts, so that meaningful use of EMRs can be achieved. The authors provide successul strategies to plan and implement change. The content is based on their decades of combined experience managing the people side of implementation.

Information Security in Healthcare: Managing Risk

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An essential guide for implementing a comprehensive information security program!

Edited by Terrell W. Herzig, MSHI, CISSP

Information Security in Healthcare: Managing Risk is the essential guide for implementing a comprehensive information security management program in the modern healthcare environment. Combining the experience and insights of top healthcare IT managers and information security professionals, this book offers a detailed survey on myriad topics.