Preface  
PART I HMIS FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS  
  Chapter 1. HMIS: A Managerial Perspective  
  Chapter 2. HMIS Executives: CEO/CIO Roles & Responsibilities in Healthcare Services Organizations  
  Research Brief I: Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) Enhance Data Collection Efficiency During a Study of Waiting Times in an Emergency Department  
  Chapter 3. Online Health Information Seeking: Access and Digital Equity Considerations  
  Technology Brief I: Fundamentals of Internet & Associated Technologies for Healthcare Services Organizations   
PART II HMIS TECHNOLOGY & APPLICATIONS  
  Chapter 4. HMIS Enterprise Software: The New Generation HMIS Administrative Applications   
  Technology Brief II: Basic Hardware, Software & Interface Concepts  
  Chapter 5. Community Health Information Networks (CHIN): Building Virtual Communities and Networking Health Provider Organizations   
  Technology Brief III: Telecommunications & Network Concepts for Healthcare Services Organizations  
  Chapter 6. Trending towards Patient-Centric Management Systems  
  Technology Brief IV: Database, Data Mining & Data Warehousing Concepts for Healthcare Services Organizations  
  Chapter 7. HMIS Integration: Achieving Systems Interoperability with Web Services  
PART III HMIS PLANNING & MANAGEMENT  
  Chapter 8. HMSISP/IR: Health Management Strategic IS Planning/Information Requirements  
  Chapter 9. Systems Development: HMIS Analysis & Developmental Methodologies  
  Chapter 10. Data Stewardship: Foundation for HMIS Design, Implementation & Evaluation  
  Chapter 11. Managing HMIS Projects: Systems Implementation & IT Services Management  
PART IV HMIS STANDARDS, POLICY, GOVERNANCE & FUTURE  
  Chapter 12. HMIS Standards: Standards Adoption in Healthcare IT  
  Policy Brief I: HIPPA, Privacy & Security Issues for Healthcare Services Organizations  
  Chapter 13. HMIS Governance, Policy & International Perspectives: HMIS Globalization through E-Health   
  Chapter 14. HMIS Innovation: Managing Innovation Diffusion In Healthcare Services Organizations  
PART V HMIS Practices & Cases  
  Case 1 – Emergency Medical Transportation Resource Deployment  
  Case 2 – The Clinical Reminder System (CRS)  
  Case 3 - Integrating Electronic Medical Records and Disease Management at Dryden Family Medicine   
  Case 4 – Delivering Enterprise-Wide Decision Support through E-Business Applications  
  Case 5 – Mapping the Road to the Fountain of Youth