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Computerizing Large Integrated Health Networks

The VA Success

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Robert M. Kolodner

    1. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, USA

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Part of the book series: Health Informatics (HI)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Clinical and Support Applications

    1. Meeting Clinical Needs in Ambulatory Care

      • John G. Demakis
      Pages 231-239

    2. Surgical Systems

      • Shukri F. Khuri
      Pages 240-252

    3. Nursing Use of Systems

      • Bobbie D. Vance, Joan Gilleran-Strom, Margaret Ross Kraft, Barbara Lang, Mary E. Mead
      Pages 253-274

    4. Developing Clinical Computer Systems: Applications in Cardiology

      • Ross D. Fletcher, Christopher McManus
      Pages 275-292

    5. Anesthesiology Systems

      • Franklin L. Scamman, Holly M. Forcier, Matthew Manilow
      Pages 293-307

    6. The Library Network: Contributions to the VA’s Integrated Information System

      • Wendy N. Carter, Christiane J. Jones
      Pages 308-329

    7. Using Data for Quality Assessment and Improvement

      • Galen L. Barbour
      Pages 330-348

    8. Developing and Implementing the Problem List

      • Michael J. Lincoln
      Pages 349-381

  2. System Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 383-383
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    2. Conceptual Integrity and Information Systems: VA and DHCP

      • Tom Munnecke
      Pages 385-394

    3. Hybrid Open Systems Technology

      • Virginia S. Price
      Pages 395-404

    4. Using DHCP Technology in Another Public Environment

      • A. Clayton Curtis
      Pages 405-425

    5. International Installations

      • Marion J. Ball, Judith V. Douglas
      Pages 426-432

  3. Telemedicine and Telehealth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 433-433
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    2. Telemedicine: Taking a Leadership Role

      • John C. Scott, Neal I. Neuberger
      Pages 435-446

    3. Telemedicine at the Veterans Health Administration

      • Roger H. Shannon, Daniel L. Maloney
      Pages 447-465

    4. Telehealth for the Consumer

      • Peter Groen
      Pages 466-472

    5. Digital Imaging Within and Among Medical Facilities

      • Ruth E. Dayhoff, Eliot L. Siegel
      Pages 473-490

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 491-515
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About this book

This book has been a long time in the making. The computerization activi­ ties described in these pages began in 1977 at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), but we devoted most of our focus and efforts to building and then implementing the extensive hospital information system known as the Decentralized Hospital Computer System (DHCP) throughout VA. Deliv­ ering the product has been our primary goal. We spent relatively little time documenting or describing our experiences or lessons learned. Except for some presentations at national meetings and a relatively few publications, almost none of which were in the standard trade journals read by Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and equivalent top managers in the private and nonprofit sectors, VA's accomplishments remained a well-kept secret. In 1988, Helly Orthner encouraged VA staff to consider writing a book, but the press of day-to-day activities always seemed to take precedence, and the book languished on the back burner.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, USA

    Robert M. Kolodner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computerizing Large Integrated Health Networks

  • Book Subtitle: The VA Success

  • Editors: Robert M. Kolodner

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0655-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-94837-9Published: 20 February 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6858-1Published: 17 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-0655-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 515

  • Topics: Health Informatics

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