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Biomedical Informaticsby Edward H. Shortliffe
Springer 2006; US$ 99.00Focuses on the role of computers in the provision of medical services. This book provides both a conceptual framework and a practical approach for the implementation and management of IT used to improve the delivery of health care. It is suitable for practitioners, researchers, and students for an introduction to key topics in the field. more...
Handheld Computers for Doctorsby Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 39.95This is the first book to address the uses of handheld computers within clinical practice and considers the many different possible applications of handheld computers in a medical environment. The book champions the idea that handheld computers have a significant role to play in the future of clinical practice. It shows why and how these devices can help reduce paperwork, and how to use the technology without waiting for the IT department's latest expensive, complicated and overdue solution. The book is in three sections: Explains that handhelds, far from futuristic gadgets, are today's technology benefiting clinicians around the world. The ten chapters guide the user through all possible applications of these machines. ... more...
ManagingHealth Care Information Systemsby Karen A. Wager; Frances Wickham Lee; John P. Glaser; Lawton Robert Burns
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2005; US$ 80.00Managing Health Care Information Systems teaches key principles, methods, and applications necessary to provide access to timely, complete, accurate, legible, and relevant health care information. Written by experts for students and professionals, this well-timed book provides detailed information on the foundations of health care information management; the history, legacy, and future of health care information systems; the architecture and technologies that support health care information systems; and the challenges for senior management in information technology, such as organization, alignment with strategic planning, governance, planning initiatives, and assessing and achieving value. Comprehensive in scope, Managing Health Care Information... more...
E-Health Care Information Systemsby Joseph Tan
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2005; US$ 92.00E-Health Care Information Systems is a comprehensive collection written by leading experts from a range of disciplines including medicine, health sciences, engineering, business information systems, general science, and computing technology. This easily followed text provides a theoretical framework with sound methodological approaches and is filled with numerous case examples. Topics include e-health records, e-public information systems, e-network and surveys, general and specific applications of e-health such as e-rehabilitation, e-medicine, e-homecare, e-diagnosis support systems, and e-health intelligence. E-Health Care Information Systems also covers strategies in e-health care technology management, e-security issues, and the impacts... more...
Microsoft Office 2003 for Healthcare, Adobe Readerby Ahmad Hashem; Perspection Inc.
Pearson Education 2004; US$ 27.99This is the eBook version of the printed book. Healthcare offices are busy places and healthcare professionals are busy people. Between constantly ringing phones and patients coming in and out, who has time to learn about Microsoft Office? Our helpful, step-by-step guide, Microsoft Office 2003 for Healthcare , is designed to be easy-to-read and single-task oriented for quick reference. Explore how you can use Microsoft Office 2003 to create patient charts, billing procedures and more. Also included is a troubleshooting guide to help you quickly solve problem, so you can maximize the time you spend delivering healthcare and minimize the time you have to spend on administrative duties. more...
Digital Healthby Barrie Gunter
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2005; US$ 44.95This book is concerned with the provision of health information remotely via the latest communications technologies. It examines what has been learned from research-based evaluations of digital health projects. more...
Internet Discourse and Health Debatesby Kay Richardson
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 110.00Applying multimodal textual analysis to the languages and images of on-line communication forms, Kay Richardson shows, from an applied linguistic perspective, how the Internet is being used for global, interactive communication about public health risks. Detailed case studies of the possible risks posed by SARS, by mobile phones and by the vaccination of babies against childhood diseases are situated within the context of research on computer-mediated communication, as well as within the broader social context of globalization and discourses of risk and trust. more...
Biomedical Applications of Computer Modelingby Arthur Christopoulos
CRC Press 2000; US$ 159.95A volume describing general approaches to computer modelling as they apply to the biomedical professions, particularly in pharmacology and biochemistry. There are chapters on equilibrium modelling, dynamic/kinetic modelling, stochastic modelling, and more. more...
Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Health Care Information Systemsby James G. Anderson
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2005; US$ 84.95A guide for evaluating the organizational impacts of computer systems in health care institutions. This book is useful to physicians, nurses, health care administrators, information systems personnel and consultants who are involved in planning, developing, implementing, utilizing and evaluating computer-based health care systems. more...
Transformation of Healthcare with Information Technologiesby M. Duplaga; D. Ingram; K. Zielinski
IOS Press 2004; US$ 154.00The accession of new EU member states demands considerable effort on their part, aimed at developing common policies and strategies. This book reports on the results of cooperation between researchers and centres representing both new EU entrants and those countries, that have been part of the Community for a long time. more...