Table of Contents

Part 1: Healthcare & Information Technology in the United States
Chapter 1: Healthcare Information Technology: Definitions, Stakeholders, and Major Themes
Chapter 2: Healthcare Systems Overview
Chapter 3: An Overview of How Healthcare Is Paid for in the United States
Chapter 4: Healthcare Information Technology in Public Health, Emergency Preparedness, and Surveillance

Part 2: Fundamentals of Healthcare Information Science
Chapter 5: Computer Hardware and Architecture for Healthcare IT
Chapter 6: Programming and Programming Languages for HIT
Chapter 7: Databases, Data Warehousing, Data Mining, and Cloud Computing for Healthcare
Chapter 8: Networks and Networking in Healthcare
Chapter 9: System Analysis and Design in Healthcare
Chapter 10: Fundamentals of Health Workflow Process Analysis and Redesign
Chapter 11: Healthcare Information Technology Project Management
Chapter 12: Assuring Usability of HIT

Part 3: Healthcare Information Standards and Regulation
Chapter 13: Navigating Health Data Standards and Interoperability
Chapter 14: Interoperability Within and Across Healthcare Systems
Chapter 15: Assuring Healthcare Information Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Chapter 16: Health Information Technology and Health Policy
Chapter 17: The Electronic Health Record as Evidence

Part 4: Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Healthcare IT
Chapter 18: Effective Organizational and Management Structures for Healthcare Information Technology
Chapter 19: EHR and non EHR from architecture to operations
Chapter 20: EHR Implementation and Optimization
Chapter 21: Training Essentials for Implementing Healthcare IT
Chapter 22: Using HIT to Measure & Improve Outcomes & Safety

Part 5: Optimizing HIT
Chapter 23: Big Data & Data Analytics
Chapter 24: Innovations in Healthcare IT (Genomics, Telemedicine, Mobile, Social Networks, PHR)

Part 6: Making it all Secure: Healthcare IT Privacy, Security and Confidentiality
Chapter 25: Framework for Privacy, Security and Confidentiality
Chapter 26: Risk Assessment and Management
Chapter 27: Physical Safeguards, Facility Security, Secure Systems and Networks, and Securing Electronic Media
Chapter 28: Healthcare Information Security: Operational Safeguard
Chapter 29: Architectural Safeguards
Chapter 30: Technical Safeguards: Cybersecurity
Chapter 31: Cybersecurity Considerations for Medical Devices

Part 7: Appendices
Glossary
Appendix A: AHIMA CHTS Objective Maps
Appendix B: HIMSS CAHIMS Map
Appendix C: Healthcare Professional and Workforce Roles
Appendix D: About the CD

About the Author

Kathleen McCormick was the recipient of the 2013 International Award for Nursing Informatics Leadership from Sigma Theta Tau. McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide