The Engines of Hippocrates From the Dawn of Medicine to Medical and Pharmaceutical Informatics

by Robson, Barry; Baek, O. K.; Ekins, Sean

• ISBN13: 9780470289532
• ISBN10: 0470289538
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-22
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The convergence of medical science, biology, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, healthcare, and information technology is revolutionizing medical and scientific practice, and has broader social implications still being understood. The Engines of Hippocrates provides a unique, integrative, and holistic look at the new paradigm of information-based medicine, covering a broad range of topics for a wide readership.

Author Biography

BARRY ROBSON is Director of Medical Research and Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Evidence Based Medicine at St. Matthew's University School of Medicine, and CEO of The Dirac Foundation, formed with the permission of Nobel laureate Paul A. M. Dirac's widow to promote understanding of the value of theoretical physics in human and veterinary medicine. Until recently, he was Chief Scientific Officer of IBM Global Healthcare and Life Sciences, and then Global Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, an IBM Distinguished Engineer, and previously, Strategic Advisor at IBM Research headquarters.

O. K. BAEK is a Senior Solutions Architect at IBM, specializing in healthcare and with a passionate interest in the benefits and long-standing logic of Oriental medicine. He is particularly interested in the development of novel architectures for sharing and using medical information securely, and in translational research, the matter of rapidly delivering the results of medical research and genomics to enhance everyday clinical decisions.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
About the Authors	p. xi
A Short Preview of Mankind, Medicine, Molecules, and Machines	p. 1
From Prehistory to Hippocrates	p. 29
The Road to the New Medicine	p. 73
The Imminent Challenge: Medicine as an Industry	p. 125
The Next Decade: Personalized Medicine and the Digital Patient Record	p. 177
Enforcing Your Rights: Medical Ethics, Consent, Privacy, and IT	p. 225
Holistic Medicine and IT	p. 259
Architecting It All	p. 323
Guardian Angels: Knowing Our Molecules, Drug and Vaccine Design, Medical Decision Support, Medical Vigilance and Defense	p. 389
What Next? At One with the Engines of Hippocrates	p. 469
Glossary	p. 515
Clinical Trial Terms	p. 527
Notes, Bibliography, and Further Reading Guide	p. 529
Index	p. 577
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