Understanding Health Information Systems For The Health Professions

About Jean A Balgrosky

Jean A Balgrosky PhD MPH RHIA Lecturer Department of Health Policy and Management and Member-Deans Advisory Board Fielding School of Public Health University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles California; Founder Bootstrap Incubation LLC Solana Beach California; Chief Information Officer and Member-Board of Directors MD Revolution La Jolla California.Dr. Balgrosky teaches Health Information Systems and Technology at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health where she also received her PhD in Health Services MPH in Health Information Management and BS in Health Services with a specialization in Medical Record Science. She conducted her PhD dissertation research on Adoption of Health Information Technology by Physicians for Use in their Practices. Ms. Balgroskys long career in heath information systems and technology has included role of chief information officer (CIO) in large complex health care organizations for over twenty years consulting and teaching at the graduate level. Recently she has become an entrepreneur mentor and board member for start-up companies in the life science digital health software-as-a-service and health care analytics arenas. She is currently also CIO to a digital health company.'This is Dr. Balgroskys second book for which she draws largely from her thirty-year career in health information systems and technology as well as from teaching graduate courses at UCLA the past ten years. She has authored numerous papers and articles over the course of her career is a frequent speaker and panelist at health information technology conferences and the results of her dissertation research regarding physician adoption of electronic health records have drawn industry attention.Dr.. Balgrosky has provided leadership throughout her career to the evolving health information systems and technology industry maintaining her accreditation as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) as the early foundation of her knowledge of data medical record management and electronic health records. Her goal in writing this and subsequent books is to develop courses and resource materials for health information systems curricula as well as infuse necessary information technology topics into other courses taught in schools of public health and health management medicine nursing and other health professions. Examples of courses that now require information technology components include financial and human resources management quality organizational behavior strategic planning marketing and medical and nursing educational programs.Dr. Balgrosky lives in Del Mar California with her husband Parker. They have seven children and at current count nine grandchildren.