1. Overview of health informatics : Background ; Historical highlights ; Key players in health information technology ; Organizations involved with HIT ; Barriers to health information technology adoption ; Health informatics programs, organizations and careers ; Health informatics resources ; Future trends -- 2. Healthcare data, information, and knowledge : Definitions and concepts ; Converting data to information to knowledge ; Clinical data warehouses (CDWs) ; What makes informatics difficult? ; Why health IT fails sometimes ; Future trends-- 3. Electronic health records : Need for electronic health records ; Institute of Medicine's vision for EHRs ; Electronic health record key components ; Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) ; Clinical decision support sytems (CDSS) ; Electronic health record adoption ; Barriers to electronic health record adoption ; The HITECH Act and EHR reimbursement ; Electronic health record examples ; Future trends -- 4. Practice management sytems : Clinical and administrative workflow in a medical office ; Practice management systems and EHRs ; Resources ; Future trends -- 5. Health information exchange : History of the Nationwide Health Information Network ; HITECH Act impact ; Health information organizations ; Health information organization examples ; Statewide Health Information Exchange cooperative agreement program ; Health information exchange concerns ; Health information organization resources ; Future trends -- 6. Data standards : Common data standards ; Future trends --

7. Architectures of information systems : The Internet and World Wide Web ; Networks ; Future trends -- 8. Health information privacy : Medical privacy and security stories in the news ; HIPAA, Meaningful Use, and the HITECH Act ; HIPAA and data security in the Cloud and Client/Server solutions ; Future trends -- 9. Health information security : Basic security principles ; Authentication and identity management ; Security breaches and attacks ; Standards, compliance and law ; Future trends -- 10. Health informatics ethics : Informatics ethics ; International considerations: ethics, laws and culture ; Pertinent ethical principles ; Difficulties applying medical ethics in the digital world ; Transferring ethical responsibility ; Electronic communication with patents and caregivers ; Practical steps ; Simple data protection ; Disguising researched web sites or bulletin boards ; Health informatics ethics and medical students ; Future trends -- 11. Consumer health informatics : The origins of consumer health informatics ; Classification of health informatics applications ; Health education & information applications ; Home telemedicine devices ; Patient Web portals ; Personal health records (PHRs) ; PHR barriers and issues ; PHR research project examples ; Electronic patient to physician communication ; Barriers to CHI adoption -- Future trends -- 12. Mobile technology : History of mobile technology ; Mobile health (mHealth) ; Mobile technology and clinicians ; Mobile telemedicine projects ; Mobile technology resources ; Limitations of mobile technology ; Future trends --

13. Online medical resources : Sponsored medical web sites ; Sponsored and non-sponsored resources ; Government medical web sites ; Free medical web sites ; Subscription (fee-based) resources ; Future trends -- 14. Search engines : Google ; PubMed search engine ; Future trends -- 15. Evidence based medicine and clinical practice guidelines : Importance of EBM ; The evidence pyramid ; Risk measures and terminology ; Limitations of the medical literature and EBM ; EBM resources ; Clinical practice guidelines ; Developing clinical practice guidelines ; Barriers to clinical practice guidelines ; Initiating clinical practice guidelines ; Clinical practice guildeline examples ; Electronic clinical practice guidelines ; Clinical practice guideline resources ; Future trends -- 16. Disease management and disease registries : Disease management programs (DMPs) ; Disease management and the US Federal Government ; Current knowledge ; Disease registries ; Future trends -- 17. Quality improvement strategies : Quality improvement strategies ; Quality improvement projects ; Quality improvement concerns and limitations ; Future trends -- 18. Patient safety and health information technology : Patient safety reports ; Organizations and programs supporting patient safety ; Health information technology and patient safety ; Barriers to improving patient safety through technology ; Future trends --

19. Electronic prescribing : Surescripts network ; How e-prescribing works ; E-prescribing clinical decision support ; Current knowledge ; Preparing for e-prescribing ; E-prescribing obstacles and issues ; Future trends -- 20. Telemedicine : Teleconsultations ; Telemonitoring ; Telemedicine projects ; Current knowledge ; Barriers to telemedicine ; Telemedicine organizations and resources ; Future trends -- 21. Picture archiving and communication systems : Web PACS integration with health information exchanges ; PACS and mobile technology ; PACS for a hospital desktop computer ; PACS advantages and disadvantages ; Future trends -- 22. Bioinformatics : Genomic primer ; Importance of bioinformatics ; Bioinformatics projects and centers ; Future trends -- 23. Public health informatics : Public health surveillance ; The Public Health Information Network ; Geographic information systems (GIS) ; Public health informatics workforce ; Global public health informatics ; Future trends -- 24. E-research : Preparatory to research ; Study initiation ; Study management and data management ; Data management systems for FDA regulated studies ; Interfaces and query tools ; Data analysis ; Future trends.