From Patient Data to Medical Knowledge: The Principles and Practice of Health Informatics
Paul TaylorThis 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 College London.
This comprehensive guide to the field is split into three sections:
- What is health informatics? – an introduction
- Techniques for representing and analysing patient data and medical knowledge
- Implementation in the clinical setting: changing practice to improve health care outcomes
Whether you are a health professional, NHS manager or IT specialist, this book will help you understand how data can be managed to provide the information you and your colleagues want in the most helpful and accessible way for both you and your patients.Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–14):
Chapter 2 Reading and Writing Patient Records (pages 15–31):
Chapter 3 Creation of Medical Knowledge (pages 32–49):
Chapter 4 Access to Medical Knowledge (pages 50–66):
Chapter 5 Representation (pages 67–81):
Chapter 6 Logic (pages 82–97):
Chapter 7 Clinical Terms (pages 98–121):
Chapter 8 Knowledge Representation (pages 122–142):
Chapter 9 Standards in Health Informatics (pages 143–157):
Chapter 10 Probability and Decision?Making (pages 158–181):
Chapter 11 Probability and Learning From Data (pages 182–203):
Chapter 12 Information Technology and Organisational Transformation (pages 205–216):
Chapter 13 Achieving Change Through Information (pages 217–229):
Chapter 14 Achieving Change Through Information Technology (pages 230–243):
Chapter 15 Conclusions (pages 244–257):