Performance Improvement through Information Management highlights performance improvement and business strategies throughout various health care settings, focusing on business drivers and management mechanisms, explaining when, how, and why information technology solutions are of value. Structured on three levels: Market Environment, Transformational Processes, and Enabling Technologies, the text describes the current state of the art of health care and the shape of things to come, and provides practical solutions and strategies for implementing applications of technology within the current context of health care and its transformation. This text will be an invaluable reference to the chief executive officers, chief information officers, senior executives, and board members who are shaping health care today and into the 21st century. Likewise, it will appeal to healthcare administrators and managers, healthcare systems specialists, and students in advanced healthcare professional and academic programs.

DESCRIBES THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART AS WELL AS THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE EXPLAINS WHEN, HOW, AND WHY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS ARE OF VALUE * PROVIDES PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF HEALTH CARE AND ITS TRANSFORMATION * THE EDITORS HAVE WRITTEN OTHER AUTHORITATIVE COMPUTERS AND HEALTH CARE WITH SPRINGER Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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1Market Environment.- 1Market Forces and the Environment.- 2Market Structure.- 3Strategy Analyses and Implications for Information Systems.- 2Transformational Processes.- 4Planning for Performance.- 5Enterprise Information Architecture.- 6Process Design.- 7Care Delivery and Care Management.- 8Health Plan Operations and Marketing: The Emerging Network Manager Role.- 3Enabling Technologies.- 9Information Integration.- 10Application Development.- 11Performance Improvement Application Integration.- 12Technical Infrastructure: Power for the Enterprise.- 13Emerging Technologies.- 14Implications and Direction.- Contributors.