Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology

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Key Advances in Clinical Informatics: Transforming Health Care through Health Information Technology provides a state-of-the-art overview of the most current subjects in clinical informatics. Leading international authorities write short, accessible, well-referenced chapters which bring readers up-to-date with key developments and likely future advances in the relevant subject areas. This book encompasses topics such as inpatient and outpatient clinical information systems, clinical decision support systems, health information technology, genomics, mobile health, telehealth and cloud-based computing. Additionally, it discusses privacy, confidentiality and security required for health data. Edited by internationally recognized authorities in the field of clinical informatics, the book is a valuable resource for medical/nursing students, clinical informaticists, clinicians in training, practicing clinicians and allied health professionals with an interest in health informatics. - Presents a state-of-the-art overview of the most current subjects in clinical informatics. - Provides summary boxes of key points at the beginning of each chapter to impart relevant messages in an easily digestible fashion - Includes internationally acclaimed experts contributing to chapters in one accessible text - Explains and illustrates through international case studies to show how the evidence presented is applied in a real world setting

About the author

Professor of Primary Care Research and Development and Co-Director, Centre of Medical Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Areas of expertise: Allergy and Respiratory Medicine; eHealth; Patient Safety; and Ethnicity, Religion and Health.

Chair, Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA
Areas of expertise: Patient Safety and Health Information Technology

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA
Areas of expertise: Clinical Decision Support and Data Mining.

CSO Post-doctoral Fellow, Centre of Medical Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Areas of expertise: Patient Safety and Qualitative Health Services Research.

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