Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine PDF

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This book focuses on the role of computers in the provision of medical services. It provides both a conceptual framework and a practical approach for the implementation and management of IT used to improve the delivery of health care. Inspired by a Stanford University training program, it fills the need for a high quality text in computers and medicine. It meets the growing demand by practitioners, researchers, and students for a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the field. Completely revised and expanded, this work includes several new chapters filled with brand new material.

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• Series: Health Informatics
• Hardcover: 1038 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 3rd edition (March 23, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387289860
• ISBN-13: 978-0387289861
• Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 7.2 x 10.2 inches
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Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine PDF

This second edition of Shortliffe's textbook is an excellent overview of the field. Although I used it as a course text, it is extremely readable. The chapters are not overly technical, as befits an introductory text, but by no means is this a "Dummmies" book either.

There are now a variety of introductory/overview books on medical informatics. However, of the ones I've read (including van Bemmel's Handbook of Medical Informatics and Coiera's Guide to Medical Informatics), this book is by far the best.

By Keith F. Woeltje

This seems to be the gold standard in the field, and deservedly so. I've seen it selected as the book for almost every intro Informatics course I've been exposed to. I've read all but three chapters (13,15, and 21) of it and found that in general the chapters are quite strong. Because it is an edited volume the quality and style of the chapters are mixed. The chapters are, without exception, meticulously sourced making the references section a real gem. The questions at the end of the chapter wouldn't be close to adequate for a self study book (I'd say they are only slightly more than perfunctory).

I think this book has two limitations:
- Lacks any substantive cross chapter continuity (on the upside this means it can really be read in almost any order).
- The chapter length to depth ratio is unfavorable. At an average of 40ish pages the chapters should really be able to get into real technical depth; instead, it seems to gloss over the technical details with repetitions of "gee whiz" platitudes.

I think this book has one annoyance:
- A lot of the contents (particularly in the first few chapters of the book) have an "in the future we'll all drive flying cars" feel that makes them more dated than the publication date would suggest.

Bottom line: best-of-breed, recommended.

By MedIT VINE VOICE