Health Administration

Health services research filter• PubMed beta

www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hedges/search.html• For:

– appropriateness – process assessment – outcomes assessment – clinical practice guidelines– costs – economics

Appropriate databases• Same search in:

– Ovid:•HealthStar•Medline•Embase•Cinahl

– Web of science • Business, Public

Administration etc.

Informatics topics• electronic medical record or

electronic patient record• (clinical) decision support systems• tablets• PDAs• telehealth• data visualization• bioinformatics• computerized physician order entry

CAM• Homeopathic medicine• Integrative medicine • Naturopathic medicine• Osteopathic medicine• Dietary supplements • Electromagnetic fields• Therapeutic Touch• Aromatherapy • Ayurveda • Chiroprac • Qi gong tic

Hot topics in health admin• population health• needs based budgeting• regional health authorities • accountability: report cards• liaison with primary/home

care • health care “manpower”• mergers and shared services