Adaptive Health Management Information Systems, Fourth Edition is a thorough resource for a broad range of healthcare professionals-from informaticians, physicians and nurses, to pharmacists, public health and allied health professionals-who need to keep pace the digital transformation of health care. Wholly revised, updated, and expanded in scope, the fourth edition covers the latest developments in the field of health management information systems (HMIS) including big data analytics and machine learning in health care; precision medicine; digital health commercialization; supply chain management; informatics for pharmacy and public health; digital health leadership; cybersecurity; and social media analytics. This thoroughly updated text offers extensive features to encourage thinking and discussion including: - Comprehensive coverage of essential HMIS concepts, including emerging perspectives in health information systems (Health IS/IT), digital health enterprise software, patient-centric technologies, HMIS interoperability, HMIS strategic planning, and management, HMIS standards, governance and international perspectives, and the latest health technologies and innovations. - Realistic practice-based scenarios open each chapter, setting the stage for topic discussion and understanding of major topics. - Updated mini-cases that illustrate concepts along with related questions to promote thinking or discussion. - NEW Technology Reviews concisely covering emerging trends in healthcare technology such as big data analytics, cloud computing, and use of geospatial technology. - NEW Policy Reviews the address key policy issues relating to health information access, leadership responsibilities, and Health IT standards adoption. - Probing chapter questions to stimulate thinking and comprehension. - 5 New Major Cases relating to newer major themes of IT/IS provide students and teachers opportunities to interact and debate. - Access to Navigate 2 online learning materials, including a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, learning analytics reporting tools, and more.
Tan, Joseph: - Joseph Tan PhD, formerly Wayne C. Fox Chair of eBusiness Innovation, is a professor of eBusiness/eHealth Innovation & Informatics at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business. He is the founding and ongoing Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems & Informatics'with a professional background that spans a broad spectrum of multi-disciplines, including general management, information systems, civil and environmental engineering, health technology management, graphics & human-computer interfacing, systems and industrial engineering and cognitive, decision & design sciences. Professor Tan has published widely, including in top journals such as Nature and numerous local, national, and international conferences. To date, Dr. Tan has achieved recognized scholarship in teaching and learning with students' nominations for teaching excellence and has appeared frequently as invited keynotes for several local as well as major national and international conferences across North America, Asia, Africa, and more. Dr. Tan also networks widely with key decision executives and policymakers apart from academic scholars and practitioners at local, provincial/state, national and international levels, including private, public, and non-governmental organizations and universities.
