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Health Informatics: An Overview

Acquire (CQUniversity)Published 1 February 2010Open access
Evelyn Hovenga, Michael Kidd, S Garde, C. Hullin Lucay Cossio
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TL;DR

This second, extensively revised and updated edition of Health Informatics: An Overview includes new topics which address contemporary issues and challenges and shift the focus on the health problem space towards a computer perspective.

Abstract

Health Informatics: an overview' reviews the basic concepts of informatics and the application of the technologies and methodologies of the information ssciences in healthcare. The use of health informatics and its implications for clinical practice and healthcare management, research and education are explored by a diversity of health professionals, information specialists, information technology vendors and academic and research staff. --Back cover.

Keywords

Health ProfessionsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyEngineering