Biomedical Informatics : Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine

by Shortliffe, Edward H.; Cimino, James J.

• ISBN13: 9780387289861
• ISBN10: 0387289860
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Through more than a decade of evolution in the field of biomedical informatics, the first and second editions of Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine have been leading resources for informatics students, researchers, and practitioners. This Third Edition (renamed Biomedical Informatics to reflect wider breadth of the field), heavily updated and revised to include the most current thought in the biomedical informatics field, continues the tradition of unparalleled excellence.

Author Biography

Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	vii
Preface to the Third Edition	ix
Acknowledgments	xvii
Contributors	xxiii
Color Insert, facing page	374
UNIT I RECURRENT THEMES IN BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS
The Computer Meets Medicine and Biology: Emergence of a Discipline	3	(43)
Edward H. Shortliffe
Marsden S. Blois
Biomedical Data: Their Acquisition, Storage, and Use	46	(34)
Edward H. Shortliffe
G. Octo Barnett
Biomedical Decision Making: Probabilistic Clinical Reasoning	80	(53)
Douglas K. Owens
Harold C. Sox
Cognitive Science and Biomedical Informatics	133	(53)
Vimla L. Patel
David R. Kaufman
Essential Concepts for Biomedical Computing	186	(47)
Gio Wiederhold
Thomas C. Rindfleisch
System Design and Engineering in Health Care	233	(32)
Gio Wiederhold
Edward H. Shortliffe
Standards in Biomedical Informatics	265	(47)
W. Edward Hammond
James J. Cimino
Natural Language and Text Processing in Biomedicine	312	(32)
Carol Friedman
Stephen B. Johnson
Imaging and Structural Informatics	344	(35)
James F. Brinkley
Robert A. Greenes
Ethics and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and Outcomes	379	(24)
Kenneth W. Goodman
Randolph A. Miller
Evaluation and Technology Assessment	403	(44)
Charles P. Friedman
Jeremy C. Wyatt
Douglas K. Owens
UNIT II BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS
Electronic Health Record Systems	447	(29)
Paul C. Tang
Clement J. McDonald
Management of Information in Healthcare Organizations	476	(35)
Lynn Harold Vogel
Leslie E. Perreault
Consumer Health Informatics and Telehealth	511	(26)
Patricia Flatley Brennan
Justin B. Starren
Public Health Informatics and the Health Information Infrastructure	537	(27)
William A. Yasnoff
Patrick W. O'Carroll
Andrew Friede
Patient-Care Systems	564	(21)
Judy G. Ozbolt
Suzanne Bakken
Patient-Monitoring Systems	585	(41)
Reed M. Gardner
M. Michael Shabot
Imaging Systems in Radiology	626	(34)
Robert A. Greenes
James F. Brinkley
Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries	660	(38)
William Hersh
P. Zoe Stavri
William M. Detmer
Clinical Decision-Support Systems	698	(39)
Mark A. Musen
Yuval Shahar
Edward H. Shortliffe
Computers in Medical Education	737	(26)
Parvati Dev
Edward P. Hoffer
G. Octo Barnett
Bioinformatics	763	(30)
Russ B. Altman
Sean D. Mooney
UNIT III BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS IN THE YEARS AHEAD
Health Care Financing and Information Technology: A Historical Perspective	793	(36)
Sara J. Singer
Alain C. Enthoven
Alan M. Garber
The Future of Computer Applications in Biomedicine	829	(20)
Lawrence M. Fagan
Edward H. Shortliffe
Bibliography	849	(66)
Glossary	915	(88)
Name Index	1003	(14)
Subject Index	1017