Introducing Digital Communications into Your Medical Practice discusses how electronic medical records and personal health records now digitize patient information and make it accessible for review and easy to update by both doctors and patients. The text emphasizes on how the use of email and the internet will help patients to schedule appointments, access test results and research healthcare options. In addition, topics discussed include stories on how simple everyday telemedicine tools, such as telephones with cameras attached, enable doctors and nurses to carry on conversations with patients who are homebound and need daily monitoring. The text addresses the legislative initiatives that will protect physician and patients from the unauthorized access to medical records as well as discussing how e-prescribing doctor/pharmacist teams and automated databases help patients manage their medications more effectively. Case studies included to illustrate real life situations INDICE: Chapter 1: New Health Care Models for the 21st Century. Chapter 2:The Online Doctor: A New Wave in Medicine. Chapter 3: Telemedicine. Chapter 4: What You Need to Know About Medical Error. Chapter 5: Information Access: Information Overload. Chapter 6: The Privacy Quagmire. Chapter 7: Helping Your Patients Manage their Medications. Chapter 8: Who's Paying the Bills. Chapter 9: Striving for Quality. Chapter 10: What the Future Holds.
- ISBN: 978-1-84882-354-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 295
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés