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Jones and Bartlett Publishers Releases Medical Informatics 20/20

Groundbreaking Book Recognizes Paradigm Shift in Health Care Quality of Service through the Strategies of Collaboration, Open Solutions, and Innovation 

January 31, 2007 – Sudbury, MA – Jones and Bartlett Publishers announced the release of Medical Informatics 20/20: Quality and Electronic Health Records through Collaboration, Open Solutions, and Innovation. 

This innovative new book addresses critical problems in the U.S. health services system, in which outdated and non-existent health information technology systems lead to high costs, poor quality, non-patient centric care, an epidemic of medical errors, and insufficient disaster preparedness.

From authors Douglas Goldstein, Peter J. Groen, Suniti Ponkshe, and Marc Wine, the chapters offer critical insights and deliver vital knowledge, resources, and case studies that provide a roadmap for realizing a quality healthcare system enabled by multi-disciplinary teams and new processes supported by Electronic Health Records (EHR) and interoperable health information technology.

“If we are to successfully move from a closed, provider-based medical delivery system to a consumer-driven, patient-centered one, we must use 20/20 vision today – partnered with the insight and strategies of  the Medical Informatics 20/20 model and its vision of a better tomorrow,” says the lead author, Douglas Goldstein. Goldstein is a globally-recognized eFuturist, entrepreneur, and president of Medical Alliances, a leading collaboration and innovation acceleration company.

The Medical Informatics 20/20 model focuses on the three strategies of collaboration, open solutions, and innovation, and offers specific and practical tactics that health services and physician leaders and healthcare executives can follow to improve patient safety and quality of care. The book profiles many recent success stories using the Medical Informatics 20/20 model, such as the clinically acclaimed VistA system—a free public domain software solution from the Veterans Health Administration­—which is the world’s largest comprehensive health information technology system and and is already effectively supporting all American veterans and many private and public health systems from Midland, Texas and American Samoa, to Mexico, Egypt, and Finland.“Health care is at a crossroads,” says Kevin Fickenscher, MD, Executive Vice President of Healthcare Transformation at Perot Systems. “Medical Informatics 20/20 identifies both the problems faced in realizing healthcare transformation and prescribes vital solutions that can guide us in creating better systems to save lives, improve quality, and reduce costs. The three strategies profiled in the book are prescriptions for correcting what ails medical care.”

The book is available for $99.95 on the Jones and Bartlett website at www.jbpub.com or by calling 800-832-0034. 

About Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Jones and Bartlett, an independent publisher headquartered in Sudbury, Massachusetts, publishes text, professional, and reference books and a variety of multimedia and online products. Jones and Bartlett is widely recognized in the fields of medicine, nursing, public health, health administration, health education, allied health, emergency care, emergency medical services, fire science, criminal justice, life sciences, physical sciences mathematics, and computer science. Strategic partnerships with dozens of prestigious organizations such as the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, American Cancer Society, American Geriatrics Society, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, National Safety Council, American Heart Association, American Dietetics Association and American Academy of Pediatrics, have helped Jones and Bartlett become a respected leader in educational publishing.

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