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Information Control And Security Policy In Health Care Information Systems, Binshan Lin, Lawrence Clark

Journal of International Information Management

The reliance on information systems forces the health care organizations to consider two security management issues: information control and security policy. The objective of this article is to examine a direction to effectively support and enhance the health care delivery through information systems in hospitals. An integrated focus is provided through an information control framework for analyzing the three control elements: accessibility, confidentiality, and integrity. The security policy involves three aspects: prevention of unauthorized access into the system, controlling the input and output of the system, and monitoring the health care information systems. The framework has implications for research beyond …

Health Care Information Systems Management: Structure And Infrastructure, Binshan Lin

Journal of International Information Management

The practice of medicine is inextricably entwined with the management of health care information system (HCIS). Major problems with HCIS are that it has not evolved from the needs of end users, and lacks of an organizational base^ to manage the HCIS in the health care environment. The object of this paper is to examine a direction to effectively support and enhance the health care activities through managing HCIS. An integrated focus is provided through a framework for analyzing the structure and infrastructure of HCIS in hospitals.

The Effects Of Health Related Feedback On A Smoking Cessation Maintenance Program, Janice A. Blalock

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The present study investigated the effectiveness of health related feedback as a positive reinforcer of abstinence from smoking during the 11 week period following cessation. Fifty-three subjects were randomly assigned to one of three groups: (a) maintenance program plus health related feedback (MF), (b) maintenance program only (M) and, (c) discussion control (D). All groups received an aversive treatment for smoking after which the MP group received coping skills raining and several forms of health related feedback, the M group received coping skills training only, and the D group received discussion. Groups did not differ significantly in abstinence at each …

Population-Based Measurement Of Hospital Use In Maine Areas, 1976, David Soule

Maine Collection

Population-Based Measurement of Hospital Use in Maine Areas, 1976

Prepared by: David Soule, Data Analyst, Maine Health Data Service, Project Director - Maine Hospital Statistics Analysis Project, December, 1979.

With complementary funding from: Cooperative Health Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, Contract No. (HRA) 230-76-0298.

Bureau of Health Planning and Development, Maine Department of Human Services.

Maine Health Data Service. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine.

Contents; Acknowledgements / Introduction / Data Sources and Definitions / Findings / References / Appendix Tables