Medical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care

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The book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations.

This book, inspired by a Stanford University training program developed to introduce heatlh professionals to computer applications in modern medical care, fills the need for a high quality text in computers and medicine. It meets the growing demand by practitioners, researchers, and students for a comprehensive introduciton to key topics in the field. It is designed for a broad audience interested in the intersection of computer science and medicine. Provided are both a conceptual framework and a practical inspiration for this swiftly emerging scientific discipline. As a textbook for students of medical computer science and a reference work for individual readers needing to understand the role computers can play in the provision of medical services, this book first explains basic concepts then illustrates them with specific systems and technologies.

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Reviewer: Jeffrey S. Rose, MD (Private Practice)Description: This is the best and most comprehensive book of health informatics one can get. It is a long awaited and beautifully done updated version of the classic original book. It covers all areas of technical informatics in health and biomedicine, most chapters written by leading experts in their fields. It is a comprehensive, in-depth textbook for the person needing a reference or a technical education in this burgeoning science. Purpose: The purpose is to provide a textbook of informatics for in-depth study or course work. It is also helpful as a reference, and is not intended as an introductory book for those wishing an overview of the field, or even for use in a seminar setting. It is the preeminent, hardcore health and biomedical informatics text; comprehensive, technical and current. Though the chief editor clearly states the goals as related above, my feeling is that even those just dabbling in the area of informatics in healthcare may want this on the shelf, just for reference. It has no peer. Audience: The book is written for students of informatics and for those wishing an in-depth education in healthcare information system concepts across all spectra; its main aim is at professional healthcare informatics specialists. The authors are credible and authoritative leaders in their fields. Every clinician involved with information systems and every technologist involved with healthcare should read and refer to this text often. My hope is that the enormous work that was undertaken to produce this book has begun anew already, and that we will not have to wait another decade for the next edition. Features: Everything from basic concepts of information systems through subtleties of electronic health records is addressed, including use of statistical information in healthcare, medical information system standards, ethical and legal implications of informatics, technical details of data storage and communication and the future of the technology in the field of study. Assessment: There is no similar comprehensive work, except perhaps the Handbook of Medical Informatics by van Bemmel and Musen (Springer-Verlag, 1997), which is more introductory, less complete, and less comprehensive.

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5 Stars! from Doody

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