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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813955603321

Autore

Taylor P (Paul), , Dr.

Titolo

From patient data to medical knowledge [[electronic resource] ] : the principles and practice of health informatics / / Paul Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub./BMJ Books, 2006

ISBN

1-281-32037-4

9786611320379

0-470-79098-9

0-470-99470-3

0-470-99469-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Disciplina

610.285

Soggetti

Medical informatics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reading and writing patient records -- Creation of medical knowledge -- Access to medical knowledge -- Representation -- Logic -- Clinical terms -- Knowledge representation -- Standards in health informatics -- Probability and decision making -- Probability and learning from data -- Information technology and organisational transformation -- Achieving change through information -- Achieving change through information technology.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Co