Health and clinical management--from hospital to home patient care management. Findings from the Section on Health and Clinical Management.
OBJECTIVE
To summarize last year's excellent research in the field of health and clinical management.


METHODS
Synopsis of the best articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2008.


RESULTS
The selection process for this yearbook's section on 'Health and Clinical Management' results in four excellent articles representing various topics of the field. These papers cover areas from inpatient managerial decision support to remote patient monitoring at their homes.


CONCLUSIONS
Although these articles represent only a fraction of the worldwide work in the 'Health and Clinical Management' domain, they show promising strategies for contributing to improving the management of patient care.
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Service of Medical Informatics, University Hospitals of Geneva, R. Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH - 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. daniel.kubias@sim.hcuge.ch
D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D010346:Patient Care Management