Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 479 pages
- Published by: Idea Group Publishing
- Edition: 1st Edition June 5, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1591409829
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1591409823
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Book Dimensions:
11.5 x 8.7 x 1.8 inches
- Weighs: 4.9 pounds
Product Description
The Handbook of Research on Informatics in Healthcare and Biomedicine is the single authoritative reference source for information on the newest trends and breakthroughs in computer applications applied to healthcare and biomedicine. Innovative technologies in health information systems, medicine, health services, and other areas in biomedicine are explored. The comprehensive chapters contained in this handbook of research have been written by 99 international experts from the field of healthcare and IT. More than 900 references to existing publications and a wide-ranging enyclopedia of over 450 key terms and definitions have been included to provide readers with the ultimate research tool.
About The Author
Dr. Athina A. Lazakidou currently works at the University of Piraeus, Greece as a teaching assistant, and at the Hellenic Army Academy, Greece as a lecturer in informatics. Prior to that, she worked as a visiting lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus (2000-2002). She did her undergraduate studies at the Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece), and received her BSc in Computer Science in 1996. In 2000, she received her Ph.D. in Medical Informatics from the Department of Medical Informatics, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. She is also an internationally known expert in the field of computer applications in healthcare and biomedicine, with four books and numerous papers to her credit. Her research interests include: health informatics, e-learning in medicine,
software engineering, graphical user interfaces, (bio)medical databases, clinical decision support systems, hospital and clinical information systems, electronic medical record systems, telematics, and other applications in medicine.
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