NEW Edition of this First of its Kind in Canada (2023)
Introduction to Health Informatics: a Canadian Perspective (2nd ed.)
El Morr C., Canadian Scholars, 2023
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Book Reviews (2nd Edition)
“This health informatics textbook keeps pace with the rapidly evolving field, providing a thorough overview of the key foundational concepts within the field and their interactions with people, networks, systems, and the field of healthcare, while also integrating future applications and technology (machine learning and AI) that will ensure readers have the most current knowledge in the field. The many practical assignments, reflective activities, and interviews provide unique opportunities for application based learning.” Pria Nippak, PhD, Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator, School of Health Services Management and Health Informatics Certificate, Toronto Metropolitan University
“A highly interactive textbook that engages students in foundational concepts of health informatics. By weaving together his experiences, research findings, practical models and exercises within each chapter, Christo El Morr provides a treasure trove for us in and out of the classroom. He has produced a text that is stimulating, fun to read, and highly relevant in the rapidly evolving field of health informatics. A must-read!” Theresa Mudge, MHA, CHE, Professor, Health Informatics, Sault College
Book Reviews (1st Edition)
"This first of its kind health informatics textbook provides a unique and very interactive introduction to the key concepts within the field of health informatics in Canada. The guiding framework adopted provides students with a rich and practical foundation of the topic paired with the associated technical aspects specific to healthcare. Students will gain valuable knowledge about the significance of data, how it is generated and used to create personal health records and electronic health records, the different types of systems used in Canada, and the several telemedicine applications available across the country. Highlighting both the current and future trends and challenges, this textbook enables students to be successful leaders in the field of health informatics."
Pria Nippak, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Health Services Management, Ryerson University
"A great introduction for students to health informatics in Canada! The text provides an excellent overview of the key concepts, health information technologies, and future directions of health informatics research, applications, and professionalism with a Canadian focus."
Elizabeth Borycki, RN, PhD, Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria
"This textbook is exactly what it purports to be: a Canadian perspective and herein lies both its strength and weakness. For Canadian students, this is a highly focused text, which relates topics to current policies and legislation in Canada. This enables an exploration of the current state of health informatics, as well as highlighting future directions in Canada... the scope of information contained in this book, and the way in which it is presented to move students away from a dependence on didactic learning styles are universally relevant. Indeed, the challenges of the digitization of health and every other aspect of modern life are global." (Read the full Book Review here)
Fiona MacVane Phipps, PhD, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, UK
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Introduction to Health Informatics: a Canadian Perspective (2nd ed.)
El Morr C., Canadian Scholars, 2023
Official website
Features
- takes a uniquely Canadian perspective on health informatics
- contains 15 percent new content on topics such as virtual care, mHealth apps, COVID-19 responses, adoption of EHR across provinces, clinical informatics, and precisions medicine
- updated instructor supplements, including PowerPoint slides and a test bank
Book Reviews (2nd Edition)
“This health informatics textbook keeps pace with the rapidly evolving field, providing a thorough overview of the key foundational concepts within the field and their interactions with people, networks, systems, and the field of healthcare, while also integrating future applications and technology (machine learning and AI) that will ensure readers have the most current knowledge in the field. The many practical assignments, reflective activities, and interviews provide unique opportunities for application based learning.” Pria Nippak, PhD, Associate Professor and Academic Coordinator, School of Health Services Management and Health Informatics Certificate, Toronto Metropolitan University
“A highly interactive textbook that engages students in foundational concepts of health informatics. By weaving together his experiences, research findings, practical models and exercises within each chapter, Christo El Morr provides a treasure trove for us in and out of the classroom. He has produced a text that is stimulating, fun to read, and highly relevant in the rapidly evolving field of health informatics. A must-read!” Theresa Mudge, MHA, CHE, Professor, Health Informatics, Sault College
Book Reviews (1st Edition)
"This first of its kind health informatics textbook provides a unique and very interactive introduction to the key concepts within the field of health informatics in Canada. The guiding framework adopted provides students with a rich and practical foundation of the topic paired with the associated technical aspects specific to healthcare. Students will gain valuable knowledge about the significance of data, how it is generated and used to create personal health records and electronic health records, the different types of systems used in Canada, and the several telemedicine applications available across the country. Highlighting both the current and future trends and challenges, this textbook enables students to be successful leaders in the field of health informatics."
Pria Nippak, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Health Services Management, Ryerson University
"A great introduction for students to health informatics in Canada! The text provides an excellent overview of the key concepts, health information technologies, and future directions of health informatics research, applications, and professionalism with a Canadian focus."
Elizabeth Borycki, RN, PhD, Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria
"This textbook is exactly what it purports to be: a Canadian perspective and herein lies both its strength and weakness. For Canadian students, this is a highly focused text, which relates topics to current policies and legislation in Canada. This enables an exploration of the current state of health informatics, as well as highlighting future directions in Canada... the scope of information contained in this book, and the way in which it is presented to move students away from a dependence on didactic learning styles are universally relevant. Indeed, the challenges of the digitization of health and every other aspect of modern life are global." (Read the full Book Review here)
Fiona MacVane Phipps, PhD, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, UK
Buy from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com