Guide to health informatics / Enrico Coiera.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Arnold, 2003.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 440 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780340764251 (pbk.) :
- 9780340764251
- 362.10285 COI
- R858.A3
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Previous ed.: published as Guide to medical informatics, the Internet and telemedicine. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-432) and index.
Part 1 - Basic Concepts in Informatics-- Models --Information--Systems Part 2 - Searching for, structuring and using information --earching for information --Structuring information--Using information --Part 3 - Information systems in healthcare--Information cycles and formality --The electronic medical record --Designing and building information systems-- Part 4 - Protocol-based systems --Protocol-based decision support and evidence-based medicine--Designing and applying protocols --Computer-based protocol systems in healthcare --Part 5 - Language, coding and classification --Terms, codes and classificationMedical terminologies and classification systems--The trouble with coding-- Part 6 - Communication systems in healthcare-- Communication system basics --Communication technology --Clinical communication and telemedicine --Part 7.The Internet --The world wide web--The internet, the web and healthcare-- Part 8 - Intelligent clinical decision support --Artificial intelligence in medicine Intelligent systems-- Intelligent monitoring and control.
This guide provides an overview of the basic concepts of information and communication technologies in healthcare. It explores the implications of the increasing use of information technology and the basic principles of informatics.