Medical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine

by Shortliffe, Edward H.

• ISBN13: 9780387984728
• ISBN10: 0387984720
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The practice of modern medicine and biomedical research requires sophisticated information technologies with which to manage patient information, plan diagnostic procedures, interpret laboratory results, and carry out investigations. Medical Informatics provides both a conceptual framework and a practical inspiration for this swiftly emerging scientific discipline at the intersection of computer science, decision science, information science, cognitive science, and biomedicine. Now revised and in its second edition, this text meets the growing demand by practitioners, researchers, and students for a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the field. Authored by leaders in medical informatics and extensively tested in their courses, the chapters in this volume constitute an effective textbook for students of medical informatics and its areas of application. The book is also a useful reference work for individual readers needing to understand the role that computer can play in the provision of clinical services and the pursuit of biological questions. The volume is organized so as first to explain basic concepts and the to illustrate them with specific systems and technologies.The book has been extensively revised and updated for this second edition, and new topics include:¿ Standards in Medical Informatics¿ Ethics of Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and Outcomes¿ Evaluation and Technology Assessment¿ Public Health and Consumer uses of Health Information: Education, Research, Policy, Prevention, and Quality Assurance¿ BioinformaticsEdward H. Shortliffe, M.D., Ph.D., is professor and chair of the department of Medical Informatics at Columbia University¿s College of Physicians and Surgeons. A member of the Institute of Medicine and a regent to the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, he is also a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and serves on the President¿s Information Technology advisory Committee.Leslie E. Perreault, M.S., is a director at the First Consulting Group in New York City. A graduate of Stanford University¿s training program in medical informatics, she has extensive experience as a consultant to healthcare organizations, especially regarding clinical systems and their integration to the enterprise.Gio Wiederhold, Ph.D., is professor of computer science at Stanford University, with courtesy appointments in Medicine and Electrical Engineering . He is a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, the IEEE, and the ACM.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xvii
Contributors	xxiii
UNIT I RECURRENT THEMES IN MEDICAL INFORMATIONS
The Computer Meets Medicine and Biology: Emergence of a Discipline	3	(38)
Edward H. Shortliffe
Marsden S. Blois
Medical Data: Their Acquisition, Storage, and Use	41	(35)
Edward H. Shortliffe
G. Octo Barnett
Medical Decision-Making: Probabilistic Medical Reasoning	76	(56)
Douglas K. Owens
Harold C. Sox
Essential Concepts for Medical Computing	132	(48)
Gio Wiederhold
Thomas C. Rindfleisch
System Design and Engineering	180	(32)
Gio Wiederhold
Edward H. Shortliffe
Standards in Medical Informatics	212	(45)
W. Edward Hammond
James J. Cimino
Ethics and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and Outcomes	257	(25)
Kenneth W. Goodman
Randolph A. Miller
Evaluation and Technology Assessment	282	(45)
Charles P. Friedman
Douglas K. Owens
Jeremy C. Wyatt
UNIT II MEDICAL COMPUTING APPLICATIONS
Computer-Based Patient-Record Systems	327	(32)
Paul C. Tang
Clement J. McDonald
Management of Information in Integrated Delivery Networks	359	(38)
Chalres Safran
Leslie E. Perreault
Public Health and Consumer Uses of Health Information: Education, Research, Policy, Prevention, and Quality Assurance	397	(24)
Patricia Flatley Brennan
Andrew Friede
Patient-Care Systems	421	(22)
Judy G. Ozbolt
Suzanne Bakken
Patient-Monitoring Systems	443	(42)
Reed M. Gardner
M. Michael Shabot
Imaging Systems	485	(54)
Robert A. Greenes
James F. Brinkley
Information-Retrieval Systems	539	(34)
William R. Hersh
William M. Detmer
Mark E. Frisse
Clinical Decision-Support Systems	573	(37)
Mark A. Musen
Yuval Shahar
Edward H. Shortliffe
Computers in Medical Education	610	(28)
Paravati Dev
Edward P. Hoffer
G. Octo Barnett
Bioinformatics	638	(25)
Russ B. Altman
UNIT III MEDICAL INFORMATICS IN THE YEARS AHEAD
Health Care and Information Technology: Growing Up Together	663	(34)
Sara J. Singer
Alain C. Enthoven
Alan M. Garber
The Future of Computer Applications in Health Care	697	(16)
Lawrence M. Fagan
Edward H. Shortliffe
Bibliography	713	(36)
Glossary	749	(72)
Name Index	821	(10)
Subject Index	831