Synopses & Reviews
Thanks to this book, it will be possible for readers to understand Health Informatics as a young scientific discipline compared to general computing, bioinformatics, bioengineering and medicine. The book introduces major journals in the field, major conferences, the national and international structures of the discipline, and the major sources of funding. Readers will find in the book the fundamentals of the large terminological resources in Health which are very difficult to understand (thesauri, classifications, ontology...). In terms of application, the book will include the main features of the software developed in the major structures of Health (hospital information systems, computerization of medical and dental practice, and pharmacies) with applications in various countries. The book will consider the ongoing revolution linked to the development of telemedicine and, more generally, to e-Health, smart home and disability help. Human factors, development of user interfaces will be considered.
Synopsis
Medical informatics has matured into a true scientific discipline. Fundamental and applied aspects are now taught in various areas of health, including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and public health. Medical informatics is also often included in courses in many other disciplines, including life sciences, engineering and economics. Medical informatics is a complex and rapidly changing discipline. Relatively few books are published in this domain, and they rapidly become obsolete. This book is the fruit of a collaboration between authors teaching medical informatics in France and performing research in this field. An international perspective was adopted in the writing of this text, with the inclusion of various developments and actions in both the USA and Europe. This book contains 18 chapters, all of which include learning objectives, recommendations for the acquisition of additional knowledge, exercises and bibliographic references.
Synopsis
This book details the fundamentals of Health informatics. It examines the main features of the software developed in the major structures of Health with applications in various countries.
About the Author
Alain Venot is Professor of Health Informatics at University Paris 13 (France), Head of Health Informatics & Bioinformatics Laboratory (LIM&BIO EA 3969), and Chief of the Department of Public Health at Hospitals Avicenne & Jean Verdier & René Muret (Paris, France).
Table of Contents
Medical Informatics as a scientific discipline.- Medical vocabulary, terminological resources, health information coding.- The management and dissemination of knowledge in Healthcare.- The representation of the patient data in the health information systems and the electronic medical record.- Medical Image processing: principles, main applications and prospects.- Augmented Medical Interventions : Surgetics and Robotics.- Clinical diagnostic decision making support.- Therapeutic decision making support.- Medico-economic decision making support.- Public health decision making.- Security, legal and ethical aspects of computerized health data.- Clinical Information Systems in hospitals.- Shared medical records.- Computerizing the medical office.- Computerizing the dental office.- Computerizing the pharmacy.- The development of E-Health.- Translational Medical Informatics.- Human Factors and Ergonomics for Medical Informatics.