Medical Informatics

Possibly the first of its kind for today's executives, Executive Health describes the important factors influencing your health and what a manager should know and practice. In today's stressful and highly competitive environment, good and vibrant health is a matter of necessity, not of choice.... More

This book explores how healthcare organizations can use Information Technology (IT) to achieve better operational performance and strengthen their services. It explains how to move beyond applying technology to current practices, and use the enabling power of IT to redesign work processes to achieve... More

This handbook covers the newest trends and breakthroughs in computer applications applied to healthcare and biomedicine. Innovative technologies in health information systems, medicine, health services, and other areas in biomedicine are explored. Comprehensive chapters are written by international ... More

Since the publication of the first edition in 1988, Nursing lnformatics has been embraced as the premier reference for all health professionals seeking a state-of-the-art review of the role of information technology in the nursing profession. The rapid development of this field is now captured and c... More

Written by highly respectable authors, this book examines the link between health and identity, and cybercultural identity. The medicalization of many aspects of social life, from childbirth to diet to housing, has become more and more apparent at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The invol... More

The medical discipline is uniquely linked to the speed and real time environment of computer mediated information management. The three phases of trauma care (pre-hospital; hospital; and post- acute/rehabilitation) are based upon a philosophy of a continuum of care, which in turn necessitates a cont... More

"This book covers state-of-the-art applications in many areas of medicine and healthcare"--Provided by publisher.... More

This is a primer to the Internet for physicians looking to keep their medical practices professional, progressive, and on the cutting edge. Written for computer novices, the book addresses how the Internet can be of use to the physician in practice and provides an extensive listing of Internet medic... More

Information Technology is essential to the economic andsocial development of the region. The widespread use of Information Technology,the tools and techniques for gathering, manipulating, analysing anddisseminating information was made possible because of improvements incomputer and telecommunicatio... More

This workbook provides a foundation for understanding the computer world. It is as easily adaptable to introductory computer courses for health professionals as to classes in nursing fundamentals or administration.... More

This book is an introduction into methodology and practice of analysis, design and implementation of distributed health information systems. Special attention is dedicated to security and interoperability of such systems as well as to advanced electronic health record approaches. In the book, both a... More

The practice of modern medicine requires sophisticated information technologies with which to manage patient information, plan diagnostic procedures, interpret laboratory results, and conduct research. This book, inspired by a Stanford University training program developed to introduce health profes... More

As the population ages, the US's already strained health care system faces the possibility of a life-threatening crisis. At stake are the quality of care for millions of Americans and the financial well-being of individuals and employers squeezed by skyrocketing premiums--not to mention the stabilit... More

Hardbound. Public health has, for many years, been concerned with efforts to increase the efficiency of health care delivery, to measure changes in health care resource utilization and associated costs, and to link these changes to different types of interventions. These efforts as well as collabora... More

Today's Health Information Management reflects the recent trends and developments in technology, law, and organizational management that have changed the HIM profession. This book guides the health information professional in performing a more central role in the delivery of health care than ever be... More