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Guide to health informatics / Enrico Coiera.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Arnold, 2003.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 440 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780340764251 (pbk.) :
  • 9780340764251
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10285 COI
LOC classification:
  • R858.A3
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 362.10285 COI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127651
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.10285 COI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 127014

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.

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