Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems.pdf

Encyclopedia

of Healthcare

Information Systems

Nilmini Wickramasinghe

Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Eliezer Geisler

Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Volume I

A-D

Medical inforMation science reference

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Encyclopedia of healthcare information systems / Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Eliezer Geisler, editors.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary: “This book provides an extensive and rich compilation of international research, discussing the use, adoption, design, and diffusion of information

communication technologies (ICTs) in healthcare, including the role of ICTs in the future of healthcare delivery; access, quality, and value of healthcare;

nature and evaluation of medical technologies; ethics and social implications; and medical information management”--Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-59904-889-5 (h/c)

1. Medical informatics--Encyclopedias. I. Wickramasinghe, Nilmini. II. Geisler, Eliezer, 1942-

[DNLM: 1. Information Systems--Encyclopedias--English. W 13 E5523 2008]

R858.E52 2008

651.5’04261--dc22

2007047456

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To my grandchildren: Tyler, Max, Jack and Grace – Elie Geisler

Editorial Advisory Board

Steven Goldberg

INET International Inc., Canada

Koos Krabbendam

University of Twente, The Netherlands

Jonathan Schaffer

The Cleveland Clinic, USA

Murako Saito

Waseda University, Japan

HCTM Research Center 1, Japan

Giuseppe Turchetti

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy

Arthur Tatnall

Victoria University, Australia

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