Author	Bourke, Michael K. author
Title	Strategy and Architecture of Health Care Information Systems [electronic resource] / by Michael K. Bourke
Imprint	New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1994
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2338-0
Descript	IX, 356 p. 125 illus. online resource

Information technology constantly changes and quickly becomes obsolete. The methodology of planning and implementing a health care information system, however, is more constant. Through practical, step-by-step guidelines, the author demonstrates how to establish the strategy and architecture against which vendor and system decisions must be made. Both management and technical perspectives are discussed. Thus, regardless of the technology used, the health care administrator and systems manager learn to implement information systems successfully and to link those systems with business strategy to achieve higher quality and more cost-effective patient care

1. Introduction -- 2. Health Care Industry Structure -- 3. Health Care Information Systems -- 4. Business Architecture -- 5. Data Architecture -- 6. Technical Architecture -- 7. Control Architecture -- 8. Abbreviated Methodology -- 9. Future Issues for Health Care Systems Architecture -- 10. Mock Strategic Plan -- AppendixโExamples of Technical Architectures

1. Medicine
2. Health informatics
3. Medicine & Public Health
4. Health Informatics