Health Management Information Systems

From The Critics

Reviewer: Annette L. Valenta, DrPH(Univ of Illinois at Chicago School of Biomed & Health Info Mgmt)
Description: This book provides one of the most comprehensive presentations written to date of the health management information systems (HMIS) field. The contents include an overview of the discipline and working theories and methodologies, tools (hardware, software, networks), related administrative issues, and a peek into the future.
Purpose: The book offers an integrative framework covering and linking a variety of health informatics topics set against the backdrop of health care delivery systems. Given the rapidly evolving informatics field and the accompanying dearth of advanced textbooks, this book fills a void. The HMIS field is evolving through the synthesis of the fields of computer science, information and decision sciences, and health administration. The author has successfully blended a broad array of up-to-date references in meeting the learning and referential objectives.
Audience: Originally written for the health administration student, this book meets equally, if not more so, the learning objectives of the health information management student. It is a rich source of thought-provoking insight for the reference shelf of every health care executive contemplating technology change. Its high-level discussions, the complexity of the issues presented, and the multidimensional figures and tables make this text most meaningful for the critical thinking skills of the graduate-level and executive program student.
Features: The well-sourced reference list at the end of each chapter serves to guide readers to additional information. A very distinctive feature of this book, well tuned to the adult learner, is the nature of the chapter arrangement — each chapter begins with a set of learning objectives and ends with a chapter review. Each chapter presents a mini case study with study questions to focus class or assignment discussions.
Assessment: This book became an immediate source for graduate-level lecture and classroom discussion materials upon its arrival in my office. Its high-level treatment of topics promotes critical thinking and classroom discussions among adult learners and harmonizes the convoluted, diverse ideas basic to an evolving discipline whose epistemology is just now being defined.

Annette L. Valenta

This book provides one of the most comprehensive presentations written to date of the health management information systems (HMIS) field. The contents include an overview of the discipline and working theories and methodologies, tools (hardware, software, networks), related administrative issues, and a peek into the future. The book offers an integrative framework covering and linking a variety of health informatics topics set against the backdrop of health care delivery systems. Given the rapidly evolving informatics field and the accompanying dearth of advanced textbooks, this book fills a void. The HMIS field is evolving through the synthesis of the fields of computer science, information and decision sciences, and health administration. The author has successfully blended a broad array of up-to-date references in meeting the learning and referential objectives. Originally written for the health administration student, this book meets equally, if not more so, the learning objectives of the health information management student. It is a rich source of thought-provoking insight for the reference shelf of every health care executive contemplating technology change. Its high-level discussions, the complexity of the issues presented, and the multidimensional figures and tables make this text most meaningful for the critical thinking skills of the graduate-level and executive program student. The well-sourced reference list at the end of each chapter serves to guide readers to additional information. A very distinctive feature of this book, well tuned to the adult learner, is the nature of the chapter arrangement -- each chapter begins with a set of learning objectives and ends with achapter review. Each chapter presents a mini case study with study questions to focus class or assignment discussions. This book became an immediate source for graduate-level lecture and classroom discussion materials upon its arrival in my office. Its high-level treatment of topics promotes critical thinking and classroom discussions among adult learners and harmonizes the convoluted, diverse ideas basic to an evolving discipline whose epistemology is just now being defined.

3 Stars from Doody