Health Informatics: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Current and Future Professionals

"True wellness innovation requires the recruitment of multi-disciplinary participants. This book breaks the mold with examples from healthcare and other professionals who have leveraged informatics to better the lives of their constituents." -Jason Helgerson, Founder & CEO, Helgerson Solutions Group LLC

Developed for those training in academic centers as well as for those already "out in the field," this book looks at how attorneys, behavioral health experts, business development experts, chief information officers, chief medical officers, chief nursing information officers, consumer advocates, cryptographic experts, futurists, geneticists, informaticists, managed care executives, nurses, pharmacists, physicians, public health professionals, software developers, systems security officers, and workforce experts are collaborating on a "team-based," IT-enabled approach to improve healthcare.

About the Editor

Sal Volpe, MD, FAAP, FACP, ABP-CI, FHIMSS, CHCQM has achieved board certification in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Clinical Informatics and he currently serves as the Chief Medical Officer at the Staten Island Performing Provider System.

Dr. Volpe has had leadership roles in addition to his solo primary care practice. Learning from others and sharing this knowledge has been another important aspect of his professional career. He has been invited to speak on health and technology topics locally and nationally. In addition to contributing to numerous journals, Dr. Volpe was the author of the PCMH chapter for Medical Informatics: An Executive Primer.

Dr. Volpe's practice has been recognized by many organizations. For work with the Geriatric population and informatics, the Island Peer Review Organization (IPRO) Quality Award and the SUNY Downstate Medical School Geriatrics Medicine Award. For PCMH, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) Patient-Centered Medical Home Practice Award. And for the innovations introduced by Dr. Volpe and his executive board at HIMSS NYS, the HIMSS Chapter Leader of the Year Award.