Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health (Handbook of Research On...) [Hardcover]

Athina A. Lazakidou (Author, Editor), Konstantinos M. Siassiakos (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1605660027 | ISBN-13: 978-1605660028 | Publication Date: August 22, 2008 | Edition: 1

Recent developments in e-health have enhanced the healthcare industry as well as expanded the role of medical informatics. These emerging innovations have not only given patients the opportunity for quality of life improvement, but also opened the door to health communication exploration. The Handbook of Research on Distributed Medical Informatics and E-Health provides comprehensive coverage of the most important issues, concepts, new trends, and advanced technologies in healthcare. This enhanced resource of over 30 articles from 84 international experts contributes a compendium of terms, definitions, and explanations for academicians and health professionals worldwide.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This collection presents research on managing electronic medical records and intergrating technology with health care delivery." --Book News Inc. (March 2009)

About the Author

Athina Lazakidou currently works at the University of Piraeus, Greece as a teaching assistant, and at the Hellenic Army Academy & Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece as a visiting lecturer in informatics. Prior to that, she worked as a visiting lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus (2000-2002). She did her undergraduate studies at the Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece) and received her BSc in Computer Science in 1996. In 2000, she received her Ph.D. in Medical Informatics from the Department of Medical Informatics, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. She is also an internationally known expert in the field of computer applications in healthcare and biomedicine, with seven books and numerous papers to her credit. She was also Editor of the Handbook of Research on Informatics in Healthcare and Biomedicine, which is one of the best authoritative reference sources for information on the newest trends and breakthroughs in computer applications applied to healthcare and biomedicine. Her research interests include health informatics, e-Learning in medicine, software engineering, graphical user interfaces, (bio)medical databases, clinical decision support systems, hospital and clinical information systems, electronic medical record systems, distributed medical systems, telemedicine, and other applications in medicine.

Konstantinos Siassiakos holds a diploma (1995) of Electrical and Computer Engineer from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Studies, University of Patras, Greece, and a Ph.D. (2001) diploma from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Dr. K. Siassiakos currently works as visiting lecturer at the University of Piraeus at the Department of Informatics and at the Technological Educational Institute of Halkida in Greece. He has worked as an IT consultant at Ministry of Development (General Secretariat of Industry) on the Operational Programme 'Competitiveness' and as a researcher at the Department of Technology Education & Digital Systems, University of Piraeus. He has participated in various european Research and Development projects. His research interests include web-based learning systems in medicine and other areas, educational technologies, human computer interaction, quality assurance, management information systems in health organisations and other areas, business process reengineering, and e-government technologies.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 600 pages
• Publisher: Medical Information Science Reference; 1 edition (August 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605660027
• ISBN-13: 978-1605660028
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,600,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)