Advance Praise for Practitioner's Guide to Health Informatics: Dr. Braunstein has managed to
take what is traditionally a dense and occasionally untranslatable topic and to frame it in an
informal conversational and accessible style. Well done! The book begins with a carefully
constructed and well referenced discussion about the healthcare system and the current
regulatory climate developed to help transform it. The section on HIE is one of the most
comprehensive I have seen...This book will be a terrific introduction to the field of clinical
IT and clinical informatics and is a welcomed addition to the materials we have as instructors
in this field. - Kevin B. Johnson MD MS is a Professor and Chair of Biomedical Informatics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Braunstein has done a wonderful job of exploring a
number of key trends in technology in the context of the transformations that are occurring in
our health care system and highlighting how these trends are likely to both play out and
influence the evolution of current and future health IT systems. - Robert A. Greenes MD PhD
Ira A. Fulton Chair and Professor Professor Biomedical Informatics Arizona State University
This insightful book is a perfect primer for technologists entering the health tech field. -
Deborah Estrin PhD Professor of Computer Science Cornell Tech Professor of Public Health at
Weill Cornell Medical College Producing sharable digital data from care delivery and actually
sharing it is arguably the single most important contribution health informatics can make to
better healthcare in our country is the way Dr. Braunstein starts this eminently practical yet
very detailed look at what our country needs from the field of medical informatics. He has
produced a minor masterpiece of analysis and explanation about the use of computers in medicine
and health care delivery one that is as useful for the informed lay person as it is for any
clinical professional needing a brief overview of the field. This book should be read by
everyone. - David C. Kibbe M.D. M.B.A. Director Center for Health Information Technology
American Academy of Family Physicians President and CEO Co-founder DirectTrust.org
