Ubiquitous health and medical informatics the ubiquity 2.0 trend and beyond /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Fiaidhi, Jinan, 1955-, Mohammed, Sabah, 1954-
• Format: Electronic
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2010
• Subjects: Ubiquitous computing.; Medical informatics.; Medical Informatics Applications.; Internet.; Telemedicine.; Emerging e-health technologies; Personal health records; Privacy enhancing technologies in electronic health records; Ubiquitous knowledge discovery in health 2.0; Collaborative learning in medicine and health; Mobile virtual communities in healthcare; Virtual communities for health promotion; Content-based image retrieval; Technology and HRM in health care; Standardizing medical vocabularies
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (622 p. : ill.) digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781615207787 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Progress in ubiquitous computing, social networking, medical informatics and IT technologies has resulted in a new generation of healthcare systems. This book provides insight into the various trends, innovations, and organizational challenges of contemporary ubiquitous health and medical informatics. Contributions highlight changes to healthcare distribution that will significantly revolutionize the exchange between healthcare providers and consumers.