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.