This is the Web site for the textbook, Health Informatics: Practical Guide, 8th Edition.
The contents on this page include:
Overview
of Book
Welcome to the 8th Edition
of Health Informatics: Practical Guide. The goal of this
textbook is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the field
of health informatics (also known as biomedical and health
informatics or just plain informatics) for students. The book can
also serve as a current update for those who are already
practitioners. As in any professional field, there is a knowledge
base and history of scientific progress in informatics that
informs current practice.
The impetus for this book came from Robert Hoyt, MD, who served as
the lead Editor for the first seven editions. In preparing the
seventh edition, Dr. Hoyt engaged me as a Co-Editor, with the plan
for me to become the Editor of the 8th edition, and hopefully
beyond. Dr. Hoyt and his wife Dr. Ann Yoshihashi have been great
mentors in the process of putting a book like this together. As
with the previous editions, the book will be available in print
and ebook formats.
This book is aimed at those who wish to learn about the field of
biomedical and health informatics. The content is almost
completely redone from previous editions and roughly follows a
course I have taught for three decades to about 5000 students in a
graduate
course at Oregon Health & Science University, the American Medical
Informatics Association 10x10 ("ten by ten") program, and a
number of other derivative courses for medical students, graduate
students, and health IT professionals. I have engaged a variety of
other authors for many of the chapters to give additional
expertise and perspective. This edition of the book is completely
rewritten from earlier editions, reflecting the profound change
and progress in the field.
Where
to Buy
Print and eBook versions
can be purchased at Lulu.com:
Print and Kindle versions
can be purchased at Amazon.com:
The book is available
from other online book retailers. The ISBN numbers for the print
and ebook versions are:
- Print ISBN:
978-1-387-85475-2
- eBook ISBN:
978-1-4357-8775-9
Table
of Contents
The chapters of the book
include:
- Introduction to
Biomedical and Health Informatics
- A Short History of
Biomedical and Health Informatics
- Computing Concepts
for Biomedicine and Health
- Electronic Health
Records
- Standards and
Interoperability
- Data Science and
Artificial Intelligence
- Clinical Decision
Support
- Natural Language
Processing
- Safety, Quality, and
Value
- Health Information
Exchange (HIE)
- EHR System Selection
and Implementation
- Telemedicine and
Telehealth
- Privacy and Security
- Information
Retrieval (Search)
- Clinical Research
Informatics
- Translational
Bioinformatics
- Nursing Informatics
- Consumer Health
Informatics
- Public Health
Informatics
- Evidence-Based
Medicine
- Imaging Informatics
- Ethical Issues in
Health Informatics
- Human-Computer
Interaction
Preview
of Content
Samples of the print (in PDF) and
eBook versions
are available.
Instructor
Materials
An instructor resource
is available for those who teach college and university courses
with the book. You must have a .edu or similar email, and
provide a course syllabus. For more information, email the
author.
Errata
A list of errata
in the book is available.
Editors
and Authors
Editor
William Hersh, MD, FACP,
FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI
Professor and Chair
Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology
School of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
Managing Editor
Kate Fultz Hollis, MS,
MBI, FAMIA
Informatician
Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology
School of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA
Chapter authors
Alex A.T. Bui, PhD
Professor, Departments of Radiological Sciences, Bioengineering
& Bioinformatics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Harry B. Burke, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Safety, Quality, and Value
Director, DHA-USU Patient Safety and Quality Academic
Collaborative
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD,
USA
Hugo O. Campos
Participant Partner and Community Advisory Board member, All of Us
Research Program
Oakland, CA, USA
Bimal R. Desai, MD, MBI, FAAP, FAMIA
Chief Health Informatics Officer
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Brian E. Dixon, MPA, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FHIMSS
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health,
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Center for Biomedical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Michelle R. Hribar, PhD, FAMIA
Associate Professor
Medical Informatics & Ophthalmology
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, USA
William Hsu, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Radiological Sciences,
Bioinformatics, & Bioengineering
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Susan C. Hull, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC, FAMIA
Principal, Consumer Health Informatics
MITRE Labs, Health Innovation Center
The MITRE Corporation
McLean, VA, USA
Elizabeth Hutchins, MD
Medical Informatics Home Area
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Robert A Jenders, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI, FHL7, FAMIA
Senior Associate Director, Clinical and Translational Science
Institute
Professor of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics
Professor of Medicine
Charles Drew University
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Michelle R. Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Science
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Katherine K. Kim, PhD, MPH, MBA
Principal, Consumer Health Informatics and Health Science
MITRE Corporation, Health Innovation Center
McLean, VA
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Department of
Public Health Sciences
Davis, CA, USA
Ruowang Li, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Computational Biomedicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ken Masters, PhD
Associate Professor: Medical Informatics
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman
Jason H. Moore, PhD, FACMI, FIAHSI, FASA
Professor and Chair
Department of Computational Biomedicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Thomas H Payne, MD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Biomedical Informatics & Medical Education
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA, USA
John Rasmussen
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Syneos Health
Morrisville, NC, USA
Kirk Roberts, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Biomedical Informatics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX, USA
Sayantani Sarkar, PhD
Post-doctoral Scholar
University of California Davis, School of Medicine, Department of
Public Health Sciences
Davis, CA, USA
Sony Tuteja, PharmD, BCPS, FAHA
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Anurag Verma, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Tamara J. Winden PhD, FAMIA, FHIMSS
Vice President
Sanford Research and Innovation
Sanford Health
Sioux Falls, SD, USA
Al Rahrooh
Medical Informatics Home Area
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Anil Yadav
Department of Bioengineering
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Last updated - January 2, 2023
