The impact of information technology on the management of healthcare has been enormous in recent years, and it continues to grow in scope and complexity.
This book presents papers from the 2014 International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare (ICIMTH), held in Athens, Greece, in July 2014. The book includes 79 full papers and 12 poster presentations as well as keynotes, two workshops and three tutorials. Papers are divided into sections including: clinical informatics; decision support and intelligent systems; e-learning and education; health informatics, information management and technology assessment; healthcare IT; mobile technology in healthcare; public health informatics and issues; social and legal issues; and telemedicine.
The book will be of interest to all those whose work involves the use of biomedical and health informatics.
Rated ****
By Doody’s Review Service (January 2015)
"The best aspect of the book is that it gathers all contemporary issues related to healthcare informatics in one volume. Anything you ever wanted to know about healthcare informatics is at your fingertips."
"This is an excellent resource for informatics gurus in both academic and professional settings. It features hundreds of additional references on many informatics topics. The bibliographical information is extensive and can be used as additional resources on many different topics."
