Computational Technology for Effective Health Care:

Immediate Steps and Strategic Directions

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Publication Year:2009

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Willam W. Stead and Herbert S. Lin, editors; Committee on Engaging the Computer Science Research Community in Health Care Informatics; National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Summary	1-12	(skim)
1 Health Care in the United States Today	13-18	(skim)
2 A Vision for 21st Century Health Care and Wellness	19-24	(skim)
3 Crossing the Health Care IT Chasm	25-29	(skim)
4 Principles for Success	30-35	(skim)
5 Research Challenges	36-58	(skim)
6 Recommendations	59-67	(skim)
7 Concluding Thoughts	68-68	(skim)
Appendix A: Committee Members and Staff	69-79	(skim)
Appendix B: Meeting and Site Visit Agendas and Site Visit Methodology	80-92	(skim)
Appendix C: Observations, Consequences, and Opportunities: The Site Visits of the Committee	93-104	(skim)

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Despite a strong commitment to delivering quality health care, persistent problems involving medical errors and ineffective treatment continue to plague the industry. Many of these problems are the consequence of poor information and technology (IT) capabilities, and most importantly, the lack cognitive IT support. Clinicians spend a great deal of time sifting through large amounts of raw data, when, ideally, IT systems would place raw data into context with current medical knowledge to provide clinicians with computer models that depict the health status of the patient.

Computational Technology for Effective Health Care advocates re-balancing the portfolio of investments in health care IT to place a greater emphasis on providing cognitive support for health care providers, patients, and family caregivers; observing proven principles for success in designing and implementing IT; and accelerating research related to health care in the computer and social sciences and in health/biomedical informatics.

Health care professionals, patient safety advocates, as well as IT specialists and engineers, will find this book a useful tool in preparation for crossing the health care IT chasm.

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