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Informatics for the Clinical Laboratory

A Practical Guide for the Pathologist

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Daniel F. Cowan

    1. Laboratory Information Services, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA

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  • Written specifically for pathologists, this book will serve as a practical guide through the complex but increasingly pervasive topic of medical informatics for an audience whose chief interest may not be in this field
  • Presents information and resource management techniques that are specifically tailored to the needs of clinical pathologists, laboratory scientists, and laboratory technicians
  • In the rapidly changing field of medical informatics, the key to efficient information management is successful implementation and proper usage of information systems. Informatics for the Clinical Laboratory is the pathologist's tool for successful utilization of today's newest IT advances
  • Both builds a foundation of informatics knowledge and delves into pathology-specific facets of the field; from computer basics to artificial intelligence and telepathology, the book will be a resource for pathologists at any level of familiarity with medical informatics and information systems
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Health Informatics (HI)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Laboratory Informatics and the Laboratory Information System

    • Daniel F. Cowan
    Pages 1-20

  3. Developing the Laboratory Information System

    • Daniel R. Cowan
    Pages 21-42

  4. Validation of the Laboratory Information System

    • Daniel F. Cowan, R. Zane Gray, Beverly C. Campbell
    Pages 43-58

  5. Security and Confidentiality on Laboratory Computer Systems

    • Daniel F. Cowan
    Pages 59-86

  6. Total Cost of Ownership

    • Daniel F. Cowan
    Pages 87-97

  7. Computer Basics

    • Daniel F. Cowan
    Pages 98-124

  8. Computer Networks

    • R. Zane Gray
    Pages 125-143

  9. Interfaces

    • Anthony O. Okorodudu, Daniel F. Cowan
    Pages 144-155

  10. Bar Coding in the Laboratory

    • Daniel F. Cowan
    Pages 156-168

  11. Wireless Communication Networks in the Laboratory

    • Daniel F. Cowan
    Pages 169-182

  12. Essential Software

    • Sue Schneider
    Pages 183-193

  13. Clinical and Anatomic Pathology Database Design

    • Sue Schneider
    Pages 194-210

  14. Process Modeling

    • Amin A. Mohammad, John R. Petersen, Gbo Youh
    Pages 211-229

  15. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems

    • Daniel F. Cowan
    Pages 230-250

  16. Imaging, Image Analysis and Computer-Assisted Quantitation

    • Gerald A. Campbell
    Pages 251-267

  17. Introduction to Telepathology

    • Michael B. Smith
    Pages 268-286

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 287-322
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About this book

This series is directed to healthcare professionals who are leading the tra- formation of health care by using information and knowledge. Launched in 1988 as Computers in Health Care, the series offers a broad range of titles: some addressed to specific professions such as nursing, medicine, and health administration; others to special areas of practice such as trauma and radi- ogy. Still other books in the series focus on interdisciplinary issues, such as the computer-based patient record, electronic health records, and networked healthcare systems. Renamed Health Informatics in 1998 to reflect the rapid evolution in the discipline now known as health informatics, the series will continue to add titles that contribute to the evolution of the field. In the series, eminent - perts, serving as editors or authors, offer their accounts of innovations in health informatics. Increasingly, these accounts go beyond hardware and so- ware to address the role of information in influencing the transformation of healthcare delivery systems around the world. The series also increasingly focuses on “peopleware” and the organizational, behavioral, and societal changes that accompany the diffusion of information technology in health services environments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory Information Services, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA

    Daniel F. Cowan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Informatics for the Clinical Laboratory

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide for the Pathologist

  • Editors: Daniel F. Cowan

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b99090

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95362-5Published: 29 October 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-24449-5Published: 19 May 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-22629-3Published: 02 June 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 324

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Health Informatics, Pathology

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