Biomedical Informatics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Recurrent Themes in Biomedical Informatics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. The Computer Meets Medicine and Biology: Emergence of a Discipline

      • Edward H. Shortliffe, Marsden S. Blois†

      Pages 3-45

   3. Biomedical Data: Their Acquisition, Storage, and Use

      • Edward H. Shortliffe, G. Octo Barnett

      Pages 46-79

   4. Biomedical Decision Making: Probabilistic Clinical Reasoning

      • Douglas K. Owens, Harold C. Sox

      Pages 80-132

   5. Cognitive Science and Biomedical Informatics

      • Vimla L. Patel, David R. Kaufman

      Pages 133-185

   6. Essential Concepts for Biomedical Computing

      • Gio Wiederhold, Thomas C. Rindfleisch

      Pages 186-232

   7. System Design and Engineering in Health Care

      • Gio Wiederhold, Edward H. Shortliffe

      Pages 233-264

   8. Standards in Biomedical Informatics

      • W. Edward Hammond, James J. Cimino

      Pages 265-311

   9. Natural Language and Text Processing in Biomedicine

      • Carol Friedman, Stephen B. Johnson

      Pages 312-343

   10. Imaging and Structural Informatics

       • James F. Brinkley, Robert A. Greenes

       Pages 344-378

   11. Ethics and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and Outcomes

       • Kenneth W. Goodman, Randolph A. Miller

       Pages 379-402

   12. Evaluation and Technology Assessment

       • Charles P. Friedman, Jeremy C. Wyatt, Douglas K. Owens

       Pages 403-443

3. Biomedical Informatics Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 445-446

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   2. Electronic Health Record Systems

      • Paul C. Tang, Clement J. McDonald

      Pages 447-475

   3. Management of Information in Healthcare Organizations

      • Lynn Harold Vogel, Leslie E. Perreault

      Pages 476-510

   4. Consumer Health Informatics and Telehealth

      • Patricia Flatley Brennan, Justin B. Starren

      Pages 511-536

   5. Public Health Informatics and the Health Information Infrastructure

      • William A. Yasnoff, Patrick W. O'Carroll, Andrew Friede

      Pages 537-563

   6. Patient-Care Systems

      • Judy G. Ozbolt, Suzanne Bakken

      Pages 564-584

   7. Patient-Monitoring Systems

      • Reed M. Gardner, M. Michael Shabot

      Pages 585-625

This series is directed to healthcare professionals who are leading the transformation of health care by using information and knowledge. Launched in 1988 as Computers in Health Care, the series offers a broad range of titles: some addressed to specific prof- sions such as nursing, medicine, and health administration; others to special areas of practice such as trauma and radiology. Still other books in the series focus on interd- ciplinary issues, such as the computer-based patient record, electronic health records, and networked healthcare systems. Renamed Health Informatics in 1998 to reflect the rapid evolution in the discipline, the series will continue to add titles that contribute to the evolution of the field. In the series, eminent experts, serving as editors or authors, offer their accounts of inno- tions in health informatics. Increasingly, these accounts go beyond hardware and so- ware to address the role of information in influencing the transformation of healthcare delivery systems around the world. The series also will increasingly focus on “peop- ware” and organizational, behavioral, and societal changes that accompany the dif- sion of information technology in health services environments.

• Biomedial Informatics
• Computer
• Health Informatics
• Medical Computing
• Monitor
• bioinformatics
• biomedical informatics
• computer science
• medical informatics

From the reviews of the third edition:

"The third edition, renamed Biomedical Informatics in recognition of the converging course of clinical systems with systems that support molecular biology and genetics … shows substantial growth in both pages and breadth of coverage relative to earlier editions. … overall the book is commendably readable … . In addition to its primary audience of students … the text’s accumulated wisdom and lessons learned can help educate any health professional responsible for selecting information systems to be acquired and used in office and institutional settings." (Daniel Masys, JAMA, Vol. 296 (21), December, 2006)

"An introduction to an important area in biomedical informatics with suggested additional reading and highlighted concepts. The book is intended to be used in formal courses by health professions students and by biomedical computing students. In addition, it is designed to serve as a reference for established practitioners, conveying concepts in biomedical informatics while providing illustrative examples. … is an essential contribution to enhancing education in biomedical informatics. The update is timely and relevant and it compares especially favorably in breadth as an introductory text." (David M. Liebovitz, Doody’s Review Service, July, 2008)

• Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA

  Edward H. Shortliffe, James J. Cimino

Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University Medical Center.

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