Nursing Informatics: Where Caring and Technology Meet (Computers in Health Care) [Hardcover]

M. J. Ball (Author), K. J. Hannah (Editor), S. K. Newbold (Editor), J. V. Douglas (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995 | ISBN-10: 0387944761 | ISBN-13: 978-0387944760 | Edition: 2nd

Since its publication in 1988, "Nursing Informatics: where caring and technology meet" has established itself as an important reference text in the field for nurses, nursing administrators, nursing students and other health care professionals who seek a review of the role of information technology in the nursing profession. This second edition of this seminal work addresses the growth and evolution of the nursing informatics discipline and how the changes that are occurring in information technology and in health care are impacting nurses.

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About the Author

Marion J. Ball, Ed.D., is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, A vice president of the First Consulting Group, and a member of the Institute of Medicine. Co-editor of Springer-Verlag's Health Informatics Series, she is actively involved in a wide range of health informatic applications in the public and private sectors.

Kathryn J, Hannah, R.N., Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, and vice president and chief health informatician at Sierra Systems Consultants, Inc. She chairs the board of directors of HEALNet (Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network) and is coeditor of Springer-Verlag's Health Informatics series.

Susan K. Newbold, M.S., R.N., is a doctoral candidate with an emphasis on nursing informatics and an instructor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She is founder and cochair of the Capital Area Roundtable on Informatics in NursinG (CARING) and associate editor of Computer in Nursing.

Judith V. Douglas, M.A., M.H.S., is a manager at the First Consulting Group, and a lecturer at the John Hopkins University School of Nursing. A columnist for MD Computing, and a member of several editorial boards, she is a published writer and editor in the areas of nursing and healthcare informatics. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 450 pages
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag; 2nd edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387944761
• ISBN-13: 978-0387944760
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,699,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)