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Biomedical Informatics

Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Edward H. Shortliffe

    1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

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  2. James J. Cimino

    1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Recurrent Themes in Biomedical Informatics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. The Computer Meets Medicine and Biology: Emergence of a Discipline

      • Edward H. Shortliffe, Marsden S. Blois†
      Pages 3-45

    3. Biomedical Data: Their Acquisition, Storage, and Use

      • Edward H. Shortliffe, G. Octo Barnett
      Pages 46-79

    4. Biomedical Decision Making: Probabilistic Clinical Reasoning

      • Douglas K. Owens, Harold C. Sox
      Pages 80-132

    5. Cognitive Science and Biomedical Informatics

      • Vimla L. Patel, David R. Kaufman
      Pages 133-185

    6. Essential Concepts for Biomedical Computing

      • Gio Wiederhold, Thomas C. Rindfleisch
      Pages 186-232

    7. System Design and Engineering in Health Care

      • Gio Wiederhold, Edward H. Shortliffe
      Pages 233-264

    8. Standards in Biomedical Informatics

      • W. Edward Hammond, James J. Cimino
      Pages 265-311

    9. Natural Language and Text Processing in Biomedicine

      • Carol Friedman, Stephen B. Johnson
      Pages 312-343

    10. Imaging and Structural Informatics

      • James F. Brinkley, Robert A. Greenes
      Pages 344-378

    11. Ethics and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and Outcomes

      • Kenneth W. Goodman, Randolph A. Miller
      Pages 379-402

    12. Evaluation and Technology Assessment

      • Charles P. Friedman, Jeremy C. Wyatt, Douglas K. Owens
      Pages 403-443

  3. Biomedical Informatics Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 445-446
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    2. Electronic Health Record Systems

      • Paul C. Tang, Clement J. McDonald
      Pages 447-475

    3. Management of Information in Healthcare Organizations

      • Lynn Harold Vogel, Leslie E. Perreault
      Pages 476-510

    4. Consumer Health Informatics and Telehealth

      • Patricia Flatley Brennan, Justin B. Starren
      Pages 511-536

    5. Public Health Informatics and the Health Information Infrastructure

      • William A. Yasnoff, Patrick W. O'Carroll, Andrew Friede
      Pages 537-563

    6. Patient-Care Systems

      • Judy G. Ozbolt, Suzanne Bakken
      Pages 564-584

    7. Patient-Monitoring Systems

      • Reed M. Gardner, M. Michael Shabot
      Pages 585-625
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About this book

This series is directed to healthcare professionals who are leading the transformation 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 prof- sions such as nursing, medicine, and health administration; others to special areas of practice such as trauma and radiology. Still other books in the series focus on interd- ciplinary 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, the series will continue to add titles that contribute to the evolution of the field. In the series, eminent experts, serving as editors or authors, offer their accounts of inno- tions 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 will increasingly focus on “peop- ware” and organizational, behavioral, and societal changes that accompany the dif- sion of information technology in health services environments.

Reviews

From the reviews of the third edition:

"The third edition, renamed Biomedical Informatics in recognition of the converging course of clinical systems with systems that support molecular biology and genetics … shows substantial growth in both pages and breadth of coverage relative to earlier editions. … overall the book is commendably readable … . In addition to its primary audience of students … the text’s accumulated wisdom and lessons learned can help educate any health professional responsible for selecting information systems to be acquired and used in office and institutional settings." (Daniel Masys, JAMA, Vol. 296 (21), December, 2006)

"An introduction to an important area in biomedical informatics with suggested additional reading and highlighted concepts. The book is intended to be used in formal courses by health professions students and by biomedical computing students. In addition, it is designed to serve as a reference for established practitioners, conveying concepts in biomedical informatics while providing illustrative examples. … is an essential contribution to enhancing education in biomedical informatics. The update is timely and relevant and it compares especially favorably in breadth as an introductory text." (David M. Liebovitz, Doody’s Review Service, July, 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

    Edward H. Shortliffe, James J. Cimino

About the editors

Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biomedical Informatics

  • Book Subtitle: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine

  • Editors: Edward H. Shortliffe, James J. Cimino

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36278-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-36278-6Published: 02 December 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 1038

  • Number of Illustrations: 155 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Health Informatics

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