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Clinical Research Informatics

  • Detailed focus on clinical research informatics without being diverted into areas covering actual clinical practice
  • Extensive coverage of the intersection between clinical research, data standards, and information science

Part of the book series: Health Informatics (HI)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Contexts of Clinical Research Informatics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Clinical Research Informatics

      • Rachel L. Richesson, James E. Andrews
      Pages 3-16
    3. The Clinical Research Environment

      • Philip R. O. Payne
      Pages 27-48
    4. Methodological Foundations of Clinical Research

      • Antonella Bacchieri, Giovanni Della Cioppa
      Pages 49-79
    5. Informatics Approaches to Participant Recruitment

      • Chunhua Weng, Peter J. Embi
      Pages 81-93
    6. The Evolving Role of Consumers

      • J. David Johnson, James E. Andrews
      Pages 95-112
    7. Clinical Research in the Postgenomic Era

      • Stephane M. Meystre, Scott P. Narus, Joyce A. Mitchell
      Pages 113-131
  3. Data Management and Systems in Clinical Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
    2. Clinical Research Information Systems

      • Prakash M. Nadkarni, Luis N. Marenco, Cynthia A. Brandt
      Pages 135-154
    3. Study Protocol Representation

      • Ida Sim, Joyce C. Niland
      Pages 155-174
    4. Data Quality in Clinical Research

      • Meredith Nahm
      Pages 175-201
    5. Patient-Reported Outcome Data

      • Robert O. Morgan, Kavita R. Sail
      Pages 203-220
    6. Biobanking Challenges and Informatics Opportunities

      • Elizabeth J. Horn, Sharon F. Terry
      Pages 221-231
    7. Patient Registries*

      • Rachel L. Richesson, Kendra Vehik
      Pages 233-252
  4. Knowledge Representation and Discovery

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
  5. Knowledge Representation and Discovery

    1. Knowledge Representation and Ontologies

      • Kin Wah Fung, Olivier Bodenreider
      Pages 255-275

About this book

The purpose of the book is to provide an overview of clinical research (types), activities, and areas where informatics and IT could fit into various activities and business practices. This book will introduce and apply informatics concepts only as they have particular relevance to clinical research settings.

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

    Rachel L. Richesson, James E. Andrews

About the editors

Rachel Richesson, MS, PhD, MPH, FACMI, a noted informaticist, joined the Duke University School of Nuring in December 2011. Dr. Richesson earned her BS (Biology) at the University of Massachusetts in 1991, and holds graduate degrees in Community Health (MPH, 1995) and Health Informatics (MS, 2000 and PhD, 2003) from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston. Dr. Richesson spent 7 years as at the University of South Florida College of Medicine directing strategy for the identification and implementation of data standards for a variety of multi-national multi-site clinical research and epidemiological studies housed within the USF Department of Pediatrics, including the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) and The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study.

Dr Andrews is the Director of the University of South Florida, School of Information, and an Associate Professor of Information Science. His research falls broadly within the interdisciplinary field of health informatics. He has specific interests in clinical research informatics, as well as health-related information behaviours, particularly in the context of cancer genetics. He works collaboratively with researchers from USF Health, within SI, and also across the US and internationally.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Research Informatics

  • Editors: Rachel L. Richesson, James E. Andrews

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-448-5

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84882-447-8Published: 15 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-448-5Published: 10 February 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 419

  • Topics: Health Informatics, Health Administration, Laboratory Medicine

Buy it now

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eBook USD 89.00
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  • Read on any device
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Hardcover Book USD 119.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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