Advances in Information Technology and Communication in Health
By: edited by James G. McDaniel
Contributors: McDaniel, James G.; IOS Press
Series: Studies in health technology and informatics -- v. 143; Studies in health technology and informatics -- v. 143.
Publisher: IOS Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 547
ISBN-13: 9781607504139; 9781441616142; 9781586039790
Subjects: Information Systems; MEDICAL; Medical informatics; Technologie de l'information; Congresses; Medical History & Records; Medical Informatics; Software
Description: The topics of Advances in Information Technology and Communication in Health, the proceedings of ITCH 2009, include telemedicine and telehealth, electronic health records, software assurance and usability, terminology, classification and standards, software selection and evaluation, research and development initiatives, and service administration.
Notes: Proceedings of the conference Advances in Information Technology and Communication in Health (ITCH), 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Title page; Preface; Contents; Section 1. Decision Support, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling; Section 2. Educational Initiatives and Professional Development; Section 3. Electronic Health Records; Section 4. Ethics, Policy and Government; Section 5. Health Information Systems and Their Status; Section 6. Nation-Wide Canadian Initiatives; Section 7. Nursing Informatics; Section 8. Research and Development Initiatives; Section 9. Service Administration, Management and Self-Management; Section 10. Software Assurance and Usability; Section 11. Software Design and Development.