Health Information Systems
Subtitle: Design Issues and Analytic Applications (Directions in Health Services Research and Policy)
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: January 25, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780833025999
Subjects: Hospital administration & management; Information storage and retrieval systems; Health Care Administration; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Medical care; Health Care Delivery; Hospital Administration; Non-Classifiable; Data processing; Health services administration; Information storage and retrie
First sentence: A useful way of thinking about potential uses of integrated data networks is captured in the matrix below (Table 1.1), which illustrates how data from these sources intersect with the generally accepted dimensions by which health care system performance is measured: access, the freedom and equality of opportunity to obtain adequate and effective health services (Aday et al., 1993); cost, the combination of health goods and services that produces the maximum benefit for society within a set budget (Aday et al., 1993); and quality, the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge (Lohr, 1990).