Handbook of research on informatics in healthcare and biomedicine

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Lazakidou, Athina A., 1975-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2006.
• Subjects: Medical informatics.; Bioinformatics.; Medical Informatics.; Computational Biology.; Computer assisted diagnosis; Current aspects of knowledge management in medicine; Data mining and medical decision making; Ergonomic and safety issues in computerized medical equipment; Health economics and health services research; Image processing and archiving systems; Medical data and health information systems; Signal processing techniques; Standardization and classification systems in medicine; Telemedicine and e-health services; Use of new technologies in biomedicine; Virtual learning environments in healthcare and biomedicine; Virtual reality applications in medicine
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (1 v. (various pagings) : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781591409830 (ebook); 1591409837 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

This handbook is the single authoritative reference source for information on the newest trends and breakthroughs in computer applications applied to healthcare and biomedicine. Innovative technologies in health information systems, medicine, health services, and other areas in biomedicine are explored. The comprehensive chapters contained in this handbook of research have been written by 99 international experts from the field of healthcare and IT. More than 900 references to existing publications and a wide-ranging compendium of over 450 key terms and definitions have been included to provide readers with the ultimate research tool.