TY - BOOK AU - Rada, R. TI - Information systems and healthcare enterprises SN - 9781599046518 U1 - 610.285 PY - 2008/// CY - Hershey PB - IGI Pub. KW - Medicine KW - United States KW - Data processing KW - Medical care KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Medicine KW - Information Systems KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Care Sector KW - Information Storage and Retrieval N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "The United States' healthcare industry consumes roughly 20% of the gross national product per year. This huge expenditure not only represents a large portion of the country's collective interests, but also an enormous amount of medical information. This book examines the special issues related to the collection, disbursement, and integration of various data within the healthcare system."--Provided by publisher UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007007280.html ER -