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| The Information Explosion | |
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| Information is Important | |
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| Impact on Society | |
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| Impact on Teaching and Learning | |
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| Impact on Government | |
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| Impact on Healthcare | |
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| The Future of Healthcare Technology | |
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| The Future Healthcare Record | |
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| Preparing for the Future | |
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| Summary | |
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| The World of Informatics | |
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| The Importance of Information | |
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| Information Explosion | |
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| The Structure of Information | |
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| The Five Rights of Information | |
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| Healthcare Informatics Components | |
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| Informatics Definition | |
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| Goal of Informatics | |
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| Future of Informatics | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Right Information | |
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| The Process of Decision Making | |
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| Evidence-Based Medicine | |
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| Old Decision-Making Process | |
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| New Decision-Making Process | |
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| Evidence-Based Practice Example | |
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| Using Information to Set Standards | |
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| Transforming Information into Practice | |
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| Literature Databases | |
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| Searching the Literature | |
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| What is the Problem? | |
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| Decision Making Not Valued | |
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| Lack of Access | |
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| Lack of Education | |
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| Lack of Information-Seeking Modeling | |
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| Example of Unit-Based Literature Search Access | |
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| Standards of Information Seeking | |
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| Future Considerations | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Human Side of Information | |
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| Definition of Human Factors Engineering | |
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| History of Human Factors | |
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| Human or Machine | |
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| Application of Human Factors to Design | |
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| Why Human Factors are Important in Medical Device Design | |
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| Human Factors Engineering Methods and Processes | |
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| Assessment of the User | |
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| Analysis of the Task | |
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| Prototype Testing | |
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| Benefits of Usability Designs | |
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| Psychology of Human Factors | |
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| Anthropometry | |
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| Perception | |
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| Cognition | |
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| Action | |
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| Memory | |
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| Impact of Attention on Memory | |
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| Mental Model Factors | |
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| Effect of Aging | |
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| Design Implications of Human Limitations | |
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| User Interface | |
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| Installation Considerations | |
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| Alarm Considerations | |
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| Human Error | |
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| Causes of Errors | |
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| Human Error Countermeasures | |
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| Summary | |
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| Classifying the Information | |
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| The Meaning of Words | |
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| Need for a Discipline-Differentiated Language | |
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| Need for a Shared Language | |
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| Advantages of Standardized Language | |
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| Definition of Taxonomy | |
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| Established Classification Systems | |
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| Unified Nursing Language | |
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| Mapping Language | |
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| Nursing Minimum Data Set | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Electronic Health Record | |
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| Functions of the Health Record | |
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| Changing Functions of the Patient Record | |
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| Advantages of the Paper Record | |
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| Disadvantages of the Paper Record | |
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| Optically Scanned Records | |
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| The Electronic Health Record | |
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| Automating the Paper Record | |
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| Advantages of the Ehr | |
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| Disadvantages of the Ehr | |
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| Bedside or Point-of-Care Systems | |
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| Human Factors and the Ehr | |
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| Roadblocks and Challenges to Ehr Implementation | |
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| The Future | |
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| Summary | |
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| Securing the Information | |
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| Privacy and Confidentiality | |
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| Privacy and Confidentialty Law | |
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| Who Owns the Data? | |
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| Patient Control of Information | |
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| Use of Information for the Social Good | |
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| Confidentiality Model | |
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| Role of the Ethics Committee | |
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| Security | |
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| System Security | |
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| Data Security | |
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| Authentication | |
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| Access | |
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| Audits | |
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| Firewalls | |
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| Encryption | |
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| Confidentiality Statements | |
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| Computer Crime | |
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| Terms Related to Computer Crime | |
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| Laws and Policies | |
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| Role of Healthcare Professionals | |
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| Summary | |
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| Changing the Information System | |
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| The Impact of Automation | |
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| Organizational Culture | |
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| The Symbols of Culture | |
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| Alterations in the Power Structure | |
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| Alterations in Space | |
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| Resistance to Change | |
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| Importance of Managing Change | |
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| Management Strategies | |
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| Lewin's Force Field Theory | |
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| Rogers's Adopter Categories | |
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| Role of the Healthcare Professional In Managing Change | |
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| Summary | |
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| Information Systems Cycle | |
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| The Oxford Incident | |
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| History of the Systems Implementation Focus | |
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| The Information Systems Cycle | |
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| Analysis | |
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| Definition of the Problem | |
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| Benefits Analysis | |
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| Process Improvement | |
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| Project Definition | |
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| Allocating Resources | |
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| Request for Information/Proposal | |
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| Site Visits | |
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| Final Choice | |
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| Design Phase | |
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| Benefits Management | |
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| Resource Allocation | |
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| Time Frame | |
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| Cost/Budget Analysis | |
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| Facilities and Equipment | |
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| Input and Output Designs | |
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| Screen Flow Design | |
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| Interfaces | |
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| Workflow | |
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| Controls | |
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| Development | |
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| Determining Standardization and Uniqueness | |
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| Building Data Files | |
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| Testing the System | |
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| Developing Documentation | |
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| Implementation | |
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| Training | |
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| Final Testing | |
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| Conversion | |
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| Evaluation | |
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| Why some Projects Fail | |
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| Summary | |
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| Information for Managing Health | |
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| History of Managing Health | |
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| Culture Change | |
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| Definition of Managed Care | |
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| Types of Managed-Care Plans | |
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| Advantages and Disadvantages of Managed Care | |
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| Need for Quality Data | |
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| Coding Data | |
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| Invisibility of Allied Health Professions in Data Collection | |
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| Measuring Managed Care | |
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| Tracking Outcomes Information | |
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| Wellness Information Decreases Costs | |
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| Case Management | |
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| Role of Providers in Managing Health Information | |
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| Summary | |
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| Electronic Communications | |
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| A Bit of History | |
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| History of the World Wide Web | |
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| Hardware and Software for Connecting | |
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| Connecting to the Internet | |
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| Methods of Accessing Information | |
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| E-mail | |
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| File Transfer Protocol | |
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| Usenet | |
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| Listservs | |
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| Chat Rooms | |
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| Security on the Internet | |
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| Firewalls | |
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| Security Policies | |
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| Intranet | |
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| World Wide Web (Web) | |
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| How the Web Works | |
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| Search Engines | |
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| Evaluating Web Sites | |
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| Using the Web for Professional Purposes | |
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| Communication Technologies | |
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| Personal Digital Assistants and Palmtops | |
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| Voice Recognition | |
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| Summary | |
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| Telehealth | |
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| Terms Related to Telehealth | |
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| Historical Perspective on Telehealth | |
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| Types of Technology | |
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| Clinical Initiatives | |
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| Rural Telehealth | |
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| School Telehealth | |
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| Prison Telehealth | |
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| Emergency Medicine Telehealth | |
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| Home Care Telehealth | |
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| Administrative Initiatives | |
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| Educational Initiatives | |
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| Advantages of Telehealth | |
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| Barriers to Telehealth | |
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| Infrastructure | |
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| Licensing | |
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| Reimbursement | |
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| Standards | |
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| Acceptance | |
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| Future Trends | |
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| Summary | |
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| Information Becomes Knowledge through Research | |
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| The Influence of Science on Healthcare Research | |
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| Types of Research in Healthcare | |
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| How Data are Collected | |
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| Data Used for Analysis | |
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| Data Management | |
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| Computerized Applications for Analytic Support | |
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| Databases That Support Research Applications | |
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| How Research Activities and Statistical Process Control Lead to New Knowledge | |
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| Ethical Issues | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Future of Informatics | |
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| Globalization of Information Technology | |
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| Electronic Communication | |
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| Knowledge Management | |
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| Genomics | |
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| Advances in Public Health | |
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| Speech Recognition | |
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| Wireless Computing | |
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| Security | |
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| Telehealth | |
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| Informatics Education | |
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| Barriers to Information Technology Implementation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |