Clinical informatics is poised for a period of rapid growth and expansion. A confluence of forces and trends, including pressure to contain healthcare costs and simultaneously expand access and coverage, a desire to reduce medical error and healthcare disparities, the need to better understand and optimize our clinical interventions and delivery systems, the need to translate new knowledge into practice quickly and effectively, and the need to demonstrate the value of our services, all call for the application of the methods and techniques of our field.

"With the growth of information and focus on Healthcare Informatics, there remains an interest in case studies. In the current field of Health Informatics there is no text that uses case studies to explain the difficulties that occur. . Edited by specialists in the field of Health Informatics, the third edition of Transforming Healthcare Through Information: Case Studies builds upon the specific examples of case studies to exemplify the various phases of introducing technological advancements into healthcare institutions. The new edition includes a section on how to implement Link2care, a system that will allow caregivers of ill patients, to seek reliable and informative online information and support. In addition the cases will be framed under new sections with discussion on new topics in the area of healthcare technology such as quality data management and knowledge management. The case studies described in the third edition will benefit not only the practicing professional but also the instructor and student studying in the field of health informatics."

Managing Change.- Back Breaking Work: Implementing a Spine Registry in an Orthopedic Clinic.- A RHIO Struggling to Form: Will it Get Off the Ground?.- A Rough Ride at the Theodore Roosevelt Cancer Center.- Implementation of an Electronic Prescription Writer in Ambulatory Care.- Online Health Care: A Classic Clash of Technology, People, and Processes.- Patient Safety.- A Dungeon of Dangerous Practices.- Different Sides of the Story.- Barcode Medication Administration Implementation in the FIAT Health System.- H.I.T. or Miss.- Organizational Impact and Evaluation.- The Implementation of Secure Messaging.- Who Moved My Clinic? Donnelly University Pediatric Rehabilitation: The Wheelchair Clinic.- OncoOrders: The Early Years.- Implementing a Computerized Triage System in the Emergency Department.- Medication Barcode Scanning: Code "Moo": Dead COW.- Integration.- Project NEED: New Efficiency in an Emergency Department.- Digital Radiology Divide at McKinly.