Information Systems and Healthcare XVIII: The Introduction of a Healthcare Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Program

Information Systems and Healthcare XVIII: The Introduction of a Healthcare Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Program

As information technology has evolved and branched into Electronic Medical Records (EMR), the adoption of EMRs in healthcare has yet to permeate even half of hospitals. One factor in this lack of adoption is an insufficient supply of knowledgeable information technology professionals in the healthcare environment. To help resolve this shortage of professionals, an undergraduate degree to addres...

Healthcare information systems outsourcing

Information systems (IS) outsourcing is a major decision for health care organizations. Analysis of outsourcing costs and benefits have to be made for the departmental or function-specific application of each system. Limited empirical studies have examined healthcare information managers preferences for IS outsourcing. In this paper we report findings from a national survey of more than 16,000 ...

a framework for integrating distributed healthcare information systems

in the last two decades, the trend in healthcare information technology has been towards digital and multimedia concepts. the next generation of healthcare information systems will consist of a vast network of heterogeneous, autonomous and distributed imaging scanners, hospital information systems (his), medical information from clinical departments such as radiology information systems (ris), ...

Healthcare Information Systems (HCIS) Curriculum

Process Oriented Information Systems Architectures in Healthcare Process Oriented Information Systems Architectures in Healthcare

In order to create value for customers efficiently and to avoid unnecessary or redundant activity, organizations need IT support that interacts well with their business processes. In addition, healthcare organizations require transparent communication between the various actors and between IT systems. A new type of process oriented integration architecture has been developed using software devi...