Electronic Health Records: Understanding and Using Computerized Medical Records [Paperback]

Richard Gartee (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131960792 | ISBN-13: 978-0131960794 | Publication Date: April 17, 2006 | Edition: 1

Electronic Health Records, a foundational course in Health Information Management or Health Information Technology programs prepares students to understand and use electronic records in a medical practice. Gartee's, first of its kind, "how to" text is designed to train future users of EHR programs, to document patient exam, diagnosis, orders, and coding. It contains screen shots, exercises and activities to provide a complete learning system. Written for everyone in the office who will touch the electronic medical record, course material is suitable for medical and nursing schools, allied health career schools, universities, community colleges and continuing education programs. ABOUT THE SOFTWARE : The Student CD that accompanies the book, can be networked, used for distance learning, or purchased individually or as a val pak with the book. The software does not come bound in the book. Instructors will receive a copy of the Medcin Software which is bound into the instructors manual by contacting their local representative. The Medcin Student Edition Software may be value packed with Richard Gartee's Electronic Health Records - ISBN: 0131564862 for $10.0 0 more than the price of the text or as a stand alone Student CDROM - ISBN:0131789376 available from Prentice Hall. The software is multi-user allowing students to work simultaneously and keep work separate. Exercise print outs generated from Medcin automatically include the student's login name or ID. Medcin is the licensed core technology in many prominent EHR Systems. 10 out of 15 EHR systems for medical offices use Medcin nomenclature as the technology underlying commercial EHR systems. Students therefore are more likely to apply skills acquired in this course to an EHR application in their office. * All work is printed and no exercises require saving.* All exercises are designed to be completed during a normal class time.* Printers use a standard Windows system.* For distance learning, the software allows the student to "Print to HTML" which will output the exercise document into a file that can be emailed.

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About the Author

Before to becoming a full-time author and consultant, Richard Gartee served as vice president of product development and subsequently as director of design strategy at Medical Manager Research & Development, Inc. His 20 years of experience in the design, development, and implementation of practice management and Electronic Health Records software dates back to the earliest days of the field. He was involved in the development of leading medical software systems including The Medical Manager, Intergy, and Intergy EHR, among others. Richard also served as a liaison to other companies in the medical computer industry as well as Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans, a U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Mission, and various universities. He served as a voting member of two of the national standards groups currently guiding Electronic Health Record developments (ANSI X-12 and HL7 Standards groups discussed in Chapter 2). He has been a faculty member/speaker at (TEPR) the Electronic Health Records conference for over 10 years. He is the author of two previous textbooks on computerized medical systems.

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (April 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131960792
• ISBN-13: 978-0131960794
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #607,112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult content taught by a rare expert, October 7, 2009

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This review is from: Electronic Health Records: Understanding and Using Computerized Medical Records (Paperback)

This book is the first of its kind intended to teach the workers of the information age coming to healthcare. Richard Gartee has decades of experience in the field as a teacher. In addition, he has the unique insight of having been part of the development of the industry itself. Few people could write this book in the way he has done. The examples demonstrate to the novice the importance of the information. The content explains why and how healthcare information technology centered on the electronic health record will work to improve access, reduce cost and increase patient safety.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely impressed, January 10, 2011

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Superbabe20 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electronic Health Records: Understanding and Using Computerized Medical Records (Paperback)

To be honest, I did not actually read the text, I breezed over it and focused on the exercises for homework. However, I was extremely impressed with the exercise instructions. As certain basic tasks needed to use the software are learned the book doesn't waste time restating how to do the task step by step, instead it will refer you to the last page where the task's steps were explained. The book does not assume the reader has ANY knowledge of computer program usage and is able to provide simple, easy to follow instructions and explainations for students who need guidence. Honestly, if you read the instructions and look at the pictures provided to ensure you're on the right track, you will have no problems with the software.

There were a few bugs with the patient list loading but there's a nice troubleshooting section in the text for those. Aside from those few bugs this is seriously probably the best textbook I've read in the last 5 or so years (I'm on my 9th consecutive year in college so I've seen a lot of books lol)

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars EHR software, April 1, 2011

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N J - See all my reviews

This review is from: Electronic Health Records: Understanding and Using Computerized Medical Records (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I found it difficult to figure out why I was doing the exercises in this text. Is the software we use real or is it made up for this book?