Pediatric informatics: computer applications in child health

Now is a critical time in pediatric informatics. As information technologies—electronic health records (EHRs), personal health records (PHRs), computerizedphysician order entry (CPOE)—and standards (HL7) are developed to improve thequality of health care, it is imperative for policy makers and pediatricians to be aware of their impact on pediatric care and child health. Informed childadvocates must be at the planning table as national and regional health information networks are developed to insure the unique health care needs of children are being met. Pediatric Informatics: Computer Applications in Child Healthis a current digest of the important trends in pediatric informatics, writtenby leading experts in the field. This book explores how the management of biomedical data, information, and knowledge can optimize and advance child health. The contributors investigate the specific importance of pediatric informatics is derived from the biological, psychological, social and cultural needs that the distinguish children from other populations. These distinctions create complexities in the management of pediatric data and information that make children a vulnerable population and require the development of a new body of knowledge in pediatric informatics. Only book on the market dedicated to pediatric informatics. Growing field of interest in informatics. Editors have top-notch experience in pediatrics and informatics. INDICE: Series preface. Foreword. Contributors. Section I. Introduction topediatric informatics. 1. Preface: Snapshots of child health and information technology. 2. Informatics and pediatric healthcare. Section II. Special considerations in pediatric care. 3. Core pediatric data. 4. Neonatal care and data. 5. Special health information needs of adolescent care. 6. Children with developmental disorders & other special needs. 7. Pediatric emergency and critical care considerations. Section III. The pediatric data-knowledge-care continuum. 8. Complexity in healthcare information technology systems. 9. Pediatric care, safety and standardization. 10. Evidence-based medicine and pediatrics. 11. Clinical practice guidelines: supporting decisions, optimizing care. 12. Diagnostic decision support. 13. Managing pediatric knowledge resources in practice. 14. Supporting continuing pediatric education and assessment. Section IV. Informatics and pediatric ambulatory practice. 15. The Medical Home and the business case for pediatric health IT. 16. Prioritizing pediatric investment forIT in smaller practices. 17. Aligning Pediatric Ambulatory Needs with Health IT. 18. Electronic Health Records and Interoperability for Pediatric Care. 19.Ambulatory Computerized Provider Order Entry (ACPOE or e-Prescribing). 20. Telemedicine Applications in Pediatrics. 21. Personal health records. 22. Privacy issues.-23. Electronic mail in pediatric practice. 24. Information management by patients and parents in health and disease. Section V. Informatics and pediatric inpatient practice. 25. Overview of inpatient pediatric medication delivery. 26. Prescribing/Ordering: Computerized Order Entry and Decision Support. 27. Dispensing: Pharmacy Information Systems. 28. Medication Administration and Information Technology. 29. Understanding and preventing errors. 30. ErrorReporting Systems. Section VI. Frontiers in pediatric informatics. 31. HealthInformation Exchange (HIE) in Pediatrics. 32. Pediatric Data Standards. 33. The Case for a Pediatric Terminology. 34. Pediatric Research and Informatics. Section VII. A vision and current landscape of pediatrics. 35. Conclusion: The moving picture of pediatric informatics. 36. Appendix: Resources.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-9294-9
• Editorial: Springer New York
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 484
• Fecha Publicación: 07/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés