From Patient Data to Medical Knowledge : the Principles and Practice of Health Informatics.

From Patient Data to Medical Knowledge : the Principles and Practice of Health Informatics.

How can you make the best use of patient data to improve health outcomes? More and more information about patients' health is stored on increasingly interconnected computer systems. But is it shared in ways that help clinicians care for patients? Could it be better used as a resource for resear...

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Main Author: Taylor, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
Subjects:
Medical informatics.
Medicine > Data processing.
Medicine > Data processing
Medical informatics
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:How can you make the best use of patient data to improve health outcomes? More and more information about patients' health is stored on increasingly interconnected computer systems. But is it shared in ways that help clinicians care for patients? Could it be better used as a resource for researchers?. This book is aimed at all those who want to learn about how IT is transforming the way we think about medicine and medical research. The ideas explored here are taken from research carried out around the world, and are presented by a leading authority in Health Informatics based at University Col.
Physical Description:1 online resource (274 pages)
ISBN:9780470994696
047099469X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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