Use And Impact Of Computers In Clinical Medicine

Author : James G. Anderson,Stephen J. Jay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461386742

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Use and Impact of Computers in Clinical Medicine by James G. Anderson,Stephen J. Jay Pdf

Computer technology has impacted the practice of medicine in dramatic ways. Imaging techniques provide noninvasive tools which alter the diag nostic process. Sophisticated monitoring equipment presents new levels of detail for both patient management and research. In most of these high technology applications, the computer is embedded in the device; its presence is transparent to the user. There is also a growing number of applications in which the health care provider directly interacts with a computer. In many cases, these applica tions are limited to administrative functions, e.g., office practice manage ment, location of hospital patients, appointments, and scheduling. Nev ertheless, there also are instances of patient care functions such as results reporting, decision support, surveillance, and reminders. This series, Computers and Medicine, focuses upon the direct use of information systems as it relates to the medical community. After twenty five years of experimentation and experience, there are many tested ap plications which can be implemented economically using the current gen eration of computers. Moreover, the falling cost of computers suggests that there will be even more extensive use in the near future. Yet there is a gap between current practice and the state-of-the-art.

Author : Edward H. Shortliffe,G. Wiederhold,L.M. Fagan,Leslie E. Perreault
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387217215

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Medical Informatics by Edward H. Shortliffe,G. Wiederhold,L.M. Fagan,Leslie E. Perreault Pdf

The practice of modern medicine requires sophisticated information technologies with which to manage patient information, plan diagnostic procedures, interpret laboratory results, and conduct research. Designed for a broad audience, this book fills the need for a high quality reference in computers and medicine, first explaining basic concepts, then illustrating them with specific systems and technologies. Medical Informatics provides both a conceptual framework and a practical inspiration for this swiftly emerging scientific discipline. The second edition covers system design and engineering, ethics of health informatics, system evaluation and technology assessment, public health and consumer use of health information, and healthcare financing.

Author : Richard S. Rosenberg
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483267159

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The Social Impact of Computers by Richard S. Rosenberg Pdf

The Social Impact of Computers should be read as a guide to the social implications of current and future applications of computers. Among the basic themes presented are the following: the changing nature of work in response to technological innovation as well as the threat to jobs; personal freedom in the machine age as manifested by challenges to privacy, dignity, and work; the relationship between advances in computer and communications technology and the possibility of increased centralization of authority; and the emergence and influence of artificial intelligence and its role in decision-making, especially in military applications. The book begins with background and historical information on computers and technology. Separate chapters then cover major applications: business, medicine, education, government; major social issues, including crime, privacy, work; and new technologies and problems: industry regulation, electronic funds transfer systems, international competition, national industrial policies, robotics and industrial automation, productivity, the information society, videotex. The final chapter discusses issues associated with ethics and professionalism. The material presented should be accessible to most university students who have had an introductory course in computer science. Self taught or sufficiently motivated individuals who have gained an understanding of how computers operate should also profit from this book. Especially useful are backgrounds in sociology, economics, history, political science, or philosophy.

Author : Ewart R. Carson,Derek G. Cramp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461324379

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Computers and Control in Clinical Medicine by Ewart R. Carson,Derek G. Cramp Pdf

This book is a collection of invited contributions, each reflec ting an area of medicine in which computing techniques have been successfully applied; but why the title? From a control system point of view the aim of clinical medicine is to recognise the deviation of a patient from the space of normality, and to propel and steer the patient along a trajectory back to that space. Acquiring and main taining the knowledge and skills of this process is the function of medicine. The first chapter expands on this view. Subsequent chapters written by experts in their respective areas cover a fair range of application. All give considerable insight as to the ways in which the control system approach, facilitated by computational tools, can be of value when applied to clinical problems. The idea for this book arose naturally out of a symposium held at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, on "Control System Concepts and Approaches in Clinical Medicine" in April, 1982, spon sored by the Institute of Measurement and Control and co-sponsored by the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Royal Society of Medicine. It is not, however, a "proceedings" of this meeting but rather a collection of essays that reflect developing areas in which many have particular interest. We think the volume is timely and hope that the work described will be an encouragement for others.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Improving the Patient Record
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997-10-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309055321

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The Computer-Based Patient Record by Institute of Medicine,Committee on Improving the Patient Record Pdf

Most industries have plunged into data automation, but health care organizations have lagged in moving patients' medical records from paper to computers. In its first edition, this book presented a blueprint for introducing the computer-based patient record (CPR). The revised edition adds new information to the original book. One section describes recent developments, including the creation of a computer-based patient record institute. An international chapter highlights what is new in this still-emerging technology. An expert committee explores the potential of machine-readable CPRs to improve diagnostic and care decisions, provide a database for policymaking, and much more, addressing these key questions: Who uses patient records? What technology is available and what further research is necessary to meet users' needs? What should government, medical organizations, and others do to make the transition to CPRs? The volume also explores such issues as privacy and confidentiality, costs, the need for training, legal barriers to CPRs, and other key topics.

Author : Edward H. Shortliffe,James J. Cimino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1038 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780387362786

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Biomedical Informatics by Edward H. Shortliffe,James J. Cimino Pdf

This book focuses on the role of computers in the provision of medical services. It provides both a conceptual framework and a practical approach for the implementation and management of IT used to improve the delivery of health care. Inspired by a Stanford University training program, it fills the need for a high quality text in computers and medicine. It meets the growing demand by practitioners, researchers, and students for a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the field. Completely revised and expanded, this work includes several new chapters filled with brand new material.

Author : Edward H. Shortliffe,James J. Cimino
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 965 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781447144748

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Biomedical Informatics by Edward H. Shortliffe,James J. Cimino Pdf

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. Biomedical 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 third 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 computers 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 then to illustrate them with specific systems and technologies.

Author : Committee on Improving the Patient Record,Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309578851

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The Computer-Based Patient Record by Committee on Improving the Patient Record,Institute of Medicine Pdf

Most industries have plunged into data automation, but health care organizations have lagged in moving patients' medical records from paper to computers. In its first edition, this book presented a blueprint for introducing the computer-based patient record (CPR). The revised edition adds new information to the original book. One section describes recent developments, including the creation of a computer-based patient record institute. An international chapter highlights what is new in this still-emerging technology. An expert committee explores the potential of machine-readable CPRs to improve diagnostic and care decisions, provide a database for policymaking, and much more, addressing these key questions: Who uses patient records? What technology is available and what further research is necessary to meet users' needs? What should government, medical organizations, and others do to make the transition to CPRs? The volume also explores such issues as privacy and confidentiality, costs, the need for training, legal barriers to CPRs, and other key topics.

Author : August E. Grant,Ashley J. Bennington
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483142074

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Communication Technology Update by August E. Grant,Ashley J. Bennington Pdf

Communication Technology Update, Third Edition provides the latest information on as many communication technologies as possible, using as many specific statistics on market share, units sold, etc., as possible to allow comparison among the technologies. This book is designed to help make sense of the spectrum of communication technologies. The text explores the widest possible range of technologies, from broadcast to telephony and from wired to wireless. In discussing each technology, this book will not only deal with the hardware of the technology, but also with the software, organizational structure, political and economic influences, and individual users of the technologies. Major developments in each of these areas are presented for each technology, along with background information to help explain the major factors in the evolution of the technology. The first chapter begins by defining communication technology and introducing the ""umbrella perspective"" used to present and analyze each technology. Following this discussion, an overview of the remainder of the book is presented. This book targets two groups of users. One of which is the group of communication professionals who have a desire to keep up with the latest developments both within and adjacent to their particular fields. Second is the group of students who are studying communication technology and need information that is more current than that provided by a textbook and more comprehensive than that found in trade magazines.

Author : Kenneth W. Goodman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521469058

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Ethics, Computing, and Medicine by Kenneth W. Goodman Pdf

New technology always raises compelling ethical questions. As those in medicine increasingly depend on computers and other intelligent machines, the intersection of ethics, computing and the health professions grows much more complex and significant. This book attempts systematically to identify and address the full range of ethical issues that arise when intelligent machines are used in medicine, nursing, psychology, and allied health professions. It maps and explores a variety of important issues and controversies, including ethics and evaluation in computational medicine, patient and provider confidentiality, responsibility for use of computers in medicine, appropriate use of decision support systems, outcomes of research and computational prognosis (including mortality predictions), and computer-based biomedical research - especially meta-analysis. This book is accessible to participants in the fields of bioethics and medical informatics. It is appropriate for physicians, nurses, administrators, ethicists, health attorneys, advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

Author : Charles P. Friedman,Jeremy C. Wyatt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781475726855

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Evaluation Methods in Medical Informatics by Charles P. Friedman,Jeremy C. Wyatt Pdf

As director of a training program in medical informatics, I have found that one of the most frequent inquiries from graduate students is, "Although I am happy with my research focus and the work I have done, how can I design and carry out a practical evaluation that proves the value of my contribution?" Informatics is a multifaceted, interdisciplinary field with research that ranges from theoretical developments to projects that are highly applied and intended for near-term use in clinical settings. The implications of "proving" a research claim accordingly vary greatly depending on the details of an individual student's goals and thesis state ment. Furthermore, the dissertation work leading up to an evaluation plan is often so time-consuming and arduous that attempting the "perfect" evaluation is fre quently seen as impractical or as diverting students from central programming or implementation issues that are their primary areas of interest. They often ask what compromises are possible so they can provide persuasive data in support of their claims without adding another two to three years to their graduate student life. Our students clearly needed help in dealing more effectively with such dilem mas, and it was therefore fortuitous when, in the autumn of 1991, we welcomed two superb visiting professors to our laboratories.

Author : Virginia K. Saba,Dorothy B. Pocklington,Kenneth P. Miller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0387949550

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Nursing and Computers by Virginia K. Saba,Dorothy B. Pocklington,Kenneth P. Miller Pdf

A compilation of both landmark historic and contemporary papers, illustrating the inception and evolution of nursing informatics. The authors have assembled the papers into an invaluable source book providing a framework for future developments in the field. Examining the relationship between nursing and information systems, practical applications include administration, practice, research, education, critical care, and community health. An essential tool for nurses seeking to attain credentials as Nursing Informatics Specialists.

Author : Diana J Vincent,Matthew Witten
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1630 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814548335

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Computational Medicine, Public Health And Biotechnology: Building A Man In The Machine - Proceedings Of The First World Congress (In 3 Parts) by Diana J Vincent,Matthew Witten Pdf

This three volume series represents a selected and refereed collection of papers contributed by the participants of the First World Congress on Computational Medicine, Public Health, and Biotechnology, held in 1994 at Austin, Texas. Over 500 individuals, from 30 countries attended this meeting. In addition, this collection contains a number of papers from the Australian CSIRO High Performance Computing Meeting held that same year.

Author : Morris F. Collen,Marion J. Ball
Publisher : Springer
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781447167327

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The History of Medical Informatics in the United States by Morris F. Collen,Marion J. Ball Pdf

This is a meticulously detailed chronological record of significant events in the history of medical informatics and their impact on direct patient care and clinical research, offering a representative sampling of published contributions to the field. The History of Medical Informatics in the United States has been restructured within this new edition, reflecting the transformation medical informatics has undergone in the years since 1990. The systems that were once exclusively institutionally driven – hospital, multihospital, and outpatient information systems – are today joined by systems that are driven by clinical subspecialties, nursing, pathology, clinical laboratory, pharmacy, imaging, and more. At the core is the person – not the clinician, not the institution – whose health all these systems are designed to serve. A group of world-renowned authors have joined forces with Dr Marion Ball to bring Dr Collen’s incredible work to press. These recognized leaders in medical informatics, many of whom are recipients of the Morris F. Collen Award in Medical Informatics and were friends of or mentored by Dr Collen, carefully reviewed, editing and updating his draft chapters. This has resulted in the most thorough history of the subject imaginable, and also provides readers with a roadmap for the subject well into later in the century.

Author : Guenter Lueschen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783486825527

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Gesundheit und Krankheit in der BRD und den USA / Health and illness in America and Germany by Guenter Lueschen Pdf