Author : E.J.S. Hovenga
Release : 2013-09-12
Genre : Medical
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 916/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Health Information Governance in a Digital Environment by : E.J.S. Hovenga

Download or read book Health Information Governance in a Digital Environment written by E.J.S. Hovenga. This book was released on 2013-09-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivering the desired benefits from using information technology in healthcare requires a high degree of data standardization, effective governance and semantic interoperability between systems in the health industry. Corporate chief executive officers (CEOs) and company boards need to be more aware of their governance responsibility. This publication explains these concepts to assist the reader to collaboratively work with others to meet these challenges. With contributions from internationally distinguished authors, this book is a valuable cutting edge resource for anyone working in or for the health industry today and especially for: • Policy and decision makers, • Healthcare professionals, • Health information managers, • Health informaticians and • ICT professionals about: • Data governance. • Semantic interoperability • IT in health care • Information security governance The book is suitable for use as a basic text or reference supporting professional, undergraduate and postgraduate curricula preparing students for practice as health or IT professionals working in today's healthcare system.