Telenursing
Telenursing

Author: Charles C. Sharpe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2000-11-30

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0313004862

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This is the first book to explore this emergent role of the nursing profession. It examines the unique legal, regulatory and professional issues this neoteric mode of nursing practice presents. Telenursing as a subset of telehealth is defined and a review of its history, present status, and future in the U.S. health care system is discussed. Concomitant legal accountability and risk for malpractice liability are examined. Risk management strategies and survival tactics in the event of a lawsuit are presented—particularly the legal significance of, and essential need for, defensive nursing documentation. A brief overview of malpractice law is provided and the essentials of requisite malpractice insurance for the telenurse practitioner are outlined. The book also addresses a number of other professional, regulatory, and licensure issues, particularly the contentious issue of multistate licensing and the various models to facilitate it that are being offered, and rejected, by nursing organizations and associations. The anticipated changes in our health care delivery system that will be engendered by breakthroughs in science and technology are described. The implications of such changes for patients as consumers of health care are analyzed—particularly the privacy and confidentiality of electronic medical records.

The Essentials of Clinical Health Psychology
The Essentials of Clinical Health Psychology

Author: Paul Kennedy

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-02-22

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 047003260X

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This selection of carefully chosen chapters from the prestigious Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology focus on the more practical issues that are of particular relevance to the busy practitioner. It is a well-referenced but practical resource, which provides an authoritative, up-to-date guide to empirically validated psychological interventions in health care. Informative and practical: a guide to action An authoritative, critical and evidence based synthesis of knowledge that will guide best practice Easy-to-use format intended for practitioners who want to ensure their practice is state-of-the-art

The Internet and Health Communication
The Internet and Health Communication

Author: Ronald E. Rice

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780761922339

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With the popularity of the Internet, more and more people are turning to their computers for health information, advice, support and services. With its information based firmly on research, The Internet and Health Communication provides an in-depth analysis of the changes in human communication and health care resulting from the Internet revolution. Representing a wide range of expertise, the contributors provide an extensive variety of examples from the micro to the macro, including information about HMO web sites, Internet pharmacies, and web-enabled hospitals, to vividly illustrate their findings and conclusions.

Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology
Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology

Author: Susan Llewelyn

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-01-21

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 0470869399

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The Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of clinical health psychology. It is primarily a well-referenced but practical resource, which provides an authoritative, up-to-date guide to empirically validated psychological interventions in health care. Each contributor provides a conceptual synthesis of the area, and how key models are related to formulation, service delivery and research. The book also considers contextual issues and the importance of topics such as ageism and power, which may have an impact on how health psychology is delivered by practitioners, and experienced by recipients of services. It also seeks to provide a summary of evidence concerning crucial aspects in the delivery of care, such as adherence, rehabilitation and stress. The biopsychosocial model is the major theoretical model underpinning all contributions, but use is also made of other models. * Informative and practical: a guide to action * An authoritative, critical and evidence based synthesis of knowledge that will guide best practice * Easy-to-use format intended for practitioners who want to ensure their practice is state-of-the-art

Nursing Informatics
Nursing Informatics

Author: Barbara Carty

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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Computer literacy, information management, nursing taxonomies and standards, Web-based teaching strategies, and the electronic patient record are some of the topics addressed in the text.

Telemedicine and the Reinvention of Healthcare
Telemedicine and the Reinvention of Healthcare

Author: Jeffrey C. Bauer

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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At last a comprehensive, easy-to-read book that explains telemedicine in understandable terms for the practitioners and consumers whose lives will be transformed by the convergence of computers and telecommunications in healthcare. If you need to understand telemedicine but get lost in the technical jargon of existing references, this is the resource for you.Beginning with a practical and future-oriented definition of telemedicine, the authors include dozens of leading-edge examples of telemedicine in practice to illustrate the diversity of this technology. Biographical sketches of telemedicine's pioneers are also presented to demonstrate the vitality and vision of health professionals who are leading the revolution.Major topics include: -- A look back from the virtual future to see what happened to healthcare over the next two decades-- Data and information technology -- the implementation of evidence-based medicine and the surprising future of managed care-- Clinical revolutions -- a review of signs that foretell the coming paradigm shift in healthcare-- History of telemedicine -- explorations of where we've been to show where we are likely to go-- Introduction to telemedicine systems -- a layperson's overview of the components and networks of telemedicine-- Human interfaces -- helpful hints for managers, developers, and clinicians who are responsible for implementing telemedicine-- Law and policy issues -- discussion of payment, interstate licensure, quality, and other unanswered questionsTelemedicine and the Reinvention of Healthcare shows how telemedicine will change virtually every aspect of traditional relationships between patients, practitioners, and healthcare organizations. It's essential reading for anyone who wants to stay ahead of the curve in preparing for 21st century healthcare