Introduction -- Motivation And Objective Of The Book -- Life Situations -- Stakeholders' Requirements -- Example -- Summary -- Basic Concepts And Terms -- Introduction -- Data, Information And Knowledge -- Systems And Subsystems -- Information Systems -- Health Information Systems -- Information Logistics In Health Information Systems -- Functions And Processes Of Health Care Settings -- Information Processing Tools Of Health Information Systems -- Electronic Health Records As A Part Of Health Information Systems -- Architecture And Infrastructure Of Health Information Systems -- Management Of Health Information Systems -- Modeling Information Systems -- Using The Snik Ontology Together With This Book -- Examples -- Exercises -- Summary -- Technological Perspective: Architectures, Integration And Standards -- Introduction -- Layers Of Architectures -- Integrity And Integration -- Standards For Interoperability -- Specific Health Information Systems -- Examples -- Exercises -- Summary -- Management Perspective: Tasks,Scope And Governance -- Introduction -- Strategic, Tactical And Operational Management Of Information Systems -- Tasks And Methods Of Strategic Management Of Information Systems -- It Service Management -- Data Governance -- It Governance -- Managing Specific Health Information Systems -- Examples -- Exercises -- Summary -- Quintessence: Quality -- Fulfillment Of Stakeholders' Requirements -- Evaluation -- Summary -- Thesaurus -- Literature Cited. .