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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957383303321

Titolo

Collaborative patient centered ehealth : proceedings of the HIT@HealthCare 2008 joint event : 25th MIC Congress, 3rd International Congress Sixi, Special ISV-NVKVV Event, 8th Belgian eHealth Symposium / / edited by Etienne de Clercq ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2008

ISBN

6611968652

1-281-96865-X

9786611968656

1-4416-0161-9

1-60750-373-5

600-00-1190-3

1-59734-366-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Studies in health technology and informatics ; ; v. 141

Altri autori (Persone)

De ClercqEtienne

Disciplina

610.285

Soggetti

Medical records - Data processing

Hospital records - Data processing

Patient education

Medical informatics

Medical Informatics

Electronic Health Records

Congress

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Preface - Medical Informatics in Evolution; Acknowledgements; Contents; Keynotes' Papers; Scientific Papers; Technical Reports Related Papers; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Medical Informatics three types of processes play a central role: organizational, patient-related and decision making related processes. The first type deals with settings, such as a hospital care setting or a primary care setting; the second is related to health and disease (i.e. to patients); the third type of process aims at assisting in decision making



and therapy and evolves in the brains of health care professionals. Hence, in all domains data, information and knowledge play a key role. As these three processes evolve, dealing with individuals - patients, doctors and nurses - because