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Computer Medical Databases

The First Six Decades (1950–2010)

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Morris F. Collen

    1. Div. of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, OAKLAND, USA

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  • At the end of each chapter, the author summarizes his personal views and interpretations of the chapter contents
  • Review focused on medical informatics within the United States
  • Written by an expert in the field of health informatics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Health Informatics (HI)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Prologue: The Evolution of Computer Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 1-31

  3. The Development of Medical Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 33-55

  4. Processing Text in Medical Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 57-105

  5. Primary Medical Record Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 107-149

  6. Specialized Medical Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 151-182

  7. Secondary Medical Research Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 183-193

  8. Bio-Surveillance and Claims Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 195-215

  9. Medical Knowledge Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 217-232

  10. Medical Bibliographic Databases

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 233-257

  11. Epilogue

    • Morris F. Collen
    Pages 259-264

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 265-288
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About this book

Chapter 1 offers an overview of the basic computer technology. Each succeeding chapter, describes the problems in medicine, followed by a review in chronological sequence of why and how computers were applied to try to meet these problems. Only the technical aspects of computer hardware, software, and communications are discussed as they are necessary to explain how the technology was applied. This approach generally led to defining the objectives for applications of medical informatics. At the end of each chapter, the author summarizes his personal views and interpretations of the chapter contents. Although the concurrent evolution of medical informatics in Canada, Europe, and Japan certainly influenced workers in the United States, the scope of this historical review is limited to the development of medical informatics within the United States. Furthermore, this review is limited to electronic digital computers; it excludes mechanical, analog, and hybrid computers.

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“This volume in the Health Informatics Series traces the history of medical databases from 1950 to 2010. … will be useful to librarians, educators, clinicians, and researchers working in a variety of medical settings. … The book includes both a subject index and author index. As the author is considered by many to be the ‘father of medical informatics,’ this book offers a logical and solid historical framework and unique viewpoint for understanding and appreciating the enormous strides that were made in that 60-year span.” (Elizabeth Connor, Doody’s Review Service, June, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Div. of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, OAKLAND, USA

    Morris F. Collen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Computer Medical Databases

  • Book Subtitle: The First Six Decades (1950–2010)

  • Authors: Morris F. Collen

  • Series Title: Health Informatics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-962-8

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-961-1Published: 22 October 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2704-8Published: 28 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-962-8Published: 20 October 2011

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1917

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 288

  • Topics: Health Informatics

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, IT & Software, Pharma

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