Transforming Health Care Through Information

Introduction....Pages 2-6
GEMINI: The Life and Times of a Clinical Information System....Pages 7-14
Introduction....Pages 16-20
The Web Center: A Case Study in Strategy and Power....Pages 21-33
Computers for Kids: Not All Fun and Games....Pages 34-42
Managing Change....Pages 43-48
Managing Success: An Information Systems Dilemma at Great Plains Health Care....Pages 49-53
Introduction....Pages 56-63
Bar Coding: It's Hard to Kill a Hippo....Pages 65-68
Developing an Emergency Department Information System....Pages 69-80
Implementation of OpChart in West Medical Building....Pages 81-91
Development of the Scientific Computing Center at Vanderbilt University....Pages 92-100
Early Implementation Problems of an Integrated Information System Within the White Mountain University Health System....Pages 101-113
Implementation of a Web-Based Incident-Reporting System at Legendary Health System....Pages 114-120
Managing Change: Analysis of a Hypothetical Case....Pages 121-134
Introduction....Pages 136-141
E3 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center....Pages 143-149
Catch 22: The Case of Utilization Management's Return on Investment Evaluation....Pages 150-159
Antimicrobial Utilization Program at the University of Central State Medical Center....Pages 160-169
Central Medical Healthcare System: The Case of the Well-Aggregated Patient Data....Pages 170-173
Building Consensus: Quality Improvement at Vesalius Health System....Pages 174-185
Introduction....Pages 188-190
Strategic Informatics: Planning for the Future of AtlanticHealth....Pages 191-196
Fix Pharmacy!....Pages 197-198
Showdown in the Heart of Texas....Pages 199-206
Mission Valley Medical Center Physicians Group Practice: The Rumor....Pages 207-213
The DNA Donation Project....Pages 214-217
Who's in Charge?....Pages 218-221
Introduction....Pages 224-227
The Chief Resident's Dilemma....Pages 229-232
Death of a Committee....Pages 233-237
Whose Job Is It Anyway?....Pages 238-241
All for the Want of a Plan …....Pages 242-245
Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail....Pages 246-249
Founding Fathers Health Corporation: Idealism and the Bottom Line....Pages 250-255