For undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in Nursing Informatics and/or Healthcare, Nursing Trends and Issues, and Nursing Research.The Handbook serves as an introduction to informatics for students in the healthcare professions, as well as practicing professionals. It is an easy-to-read guide that provides useful information on topics that range from basic computing concepts and electronic communication, data integrity and security, to information system selection and implementation, disaster planning and recovery, telehealth, and Informatics applications for education and research. (view table of contents)