RT Journal
A1 Chou D
T1 INformation discovery on electronic health records
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD September 22
VO 304
IS 12
SP 1385
OP 1385
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.1379
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1379
AB 
This combination textbook and reference guide covers topics basic to health care information technology. Chapters include topics such as XML (a method to classify and tag the type and context of data), a description and history of electronic health records, standardized terminologies and their ontologies used in health care, patient privacy, ethical and social issues for data protection, data integration, data quality, imaging, and real-time monitoring. The text bases many of its approaches on emerging standards in health care informatics from the International Standards Organization, American National Standards Institute, Health Level 7 International, and other standards groups. Quite often, health care standards are developed with the intent of being forward-looking or progressive. Most of the chapter authors have backgrounds in computer science and information systems. Accordingly, the writing style seems more appropriate for a non–health care audience, and the topics seem to use standards as the basis.