High Tech Medicine:: Building Your Medical Practice with Computers and the Internet (Medicine/Business/Computers) [Paperback]

McKenna Mindi K. (Author), Sands Daniel Z. (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1886761302 | ISBN-13: 978-1886761308 | Publication Date: September 1, 2003 | Edition: 2

This timely book is a practical, easy-to-use guide to using computers and web-based resources to improve all aspects of a medical practice.Expertly blending critical issues in technology, practice management, and patient care, Mindi McKenna helps professionals make the most effective use of today's digital toolkit.Filled with tables, charts, checklists, templates, diagrams, and samples of key web sites, the book covers ever practice area-from professional development and medication management systems to online resources for patient education. McKenna provides clear, critical introductions to electronic solutions for everything from patient records and claims processing to accessing online clinical trial resources and building an online patient-provider communication system. She also explains such key issues as privacy and security, and helps healthcare professionals make basic decisions about selecting hardware and software.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I've never seen any resource dealing with this subject in such a straightforward,pragmatic useful way...,will become a key reference." -- Perry A. Pugno, M.D., M.P.H., C.P.E., Director, Division of Medical Education, American Academy of Family Physicians --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Mindi McKenna is a nationally recognized expert on health care management. President of eHealthCoach, a technology and management consulting firm for physicians, she also teaches Health Care Leadership courses in the MBA program at Rockhurst University

Product Details

• Paperback: 165 pages
• Publisher: Fordham University Press; 2 edition (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886761302
• ISBN-13: 978-1886761308
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,302,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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