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Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

This book series was started in 1990 to promote research conducted under the auspices of the EC programmes’ Advanced Informatics in Medicine (AIM…(read more)

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Data and Knowledge for Medical Decision Support

Pub. date: April 2013
Editors: Blobel, B., Hasman, A., Zvárová, J.
Volume: 186
Price: US$152 / €105 / £89
ISBN: 978-1-61499-239-4
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Ensuring patient safety and providing high-quality health services are the dominant challenges fa…

Biophotonics in Pathology

Pub. date: April 2013
Editor: Cohen, S.
Volume: 185
Price: US$130 / €99 / £85
ISBN: 978-1-61499-233-2
Subject: Cancer Research, Medicine & Health

Photonics is a term often used in relation to light-based circuits, but it is actually more inclu…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 20

Pub. date: February 2013
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Westwood, S.W., Felländer-Tsai, L., Haluck, R.S., Robb, R.A., Senger, S., Vosburgh, K.G.
Volume: 184
Price: US$199 / €150 / £128
ISBN: 978-1-61499-208-0
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Since 1992, when it began as the "Medicine Meets Virtual Reality" conference, NextMed/MMVR has be…

Enabling Health and Healthcare through ICT

Pub. date: February 2013
Editors: Courtney, K.L., Shabestari, O., Kuo, A.
Volume: 183
Price: US$195 / €145 / £123
ISBN: 978-1-61499-202-8
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

For many people in both developing and developed countries universal healthcare is still not the …

Global Telehealth 2012

Pub. date: November 2012
Editors: Smith, A.C., Armfield, N.R., Eikelboom, R.H.
Volume: 182
Price: US$152 / €105 / £89
ISBN: 978-1-61499-151-9
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Health systems worldwide are under increasing pressure to deliver services in an efficient and co…

Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2012

Pub. date: September 2012
Editors: Wiederhold, B.K., Riva, G.
Volume: 181
Price: US$210 / €145 / £123
ISBN: 978-1-61499-120-5
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Healthcare delivery systems have evolved greatly in recent years thanks to technological advances…

Quality of Life through Quality of Information

Pub. date: August 2012
Editors: Mantas, J., Andersen, S.K., Mazzoleni, M.C., Blobel, B., Quaglini, S., Moen, A.
Volume: 180
Price: US$340 / €235 / £199
ISBN: 978-1-61499-100-7
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Medical informatics and electronic healthcare have many benefits to offer in terms of quality of …

Perspectives on Digital Pathology

Pub. date: September 2012
Editors: García-Rojo, M., Blobel, B., Laurinavicius, A.
Volume: 179
Price: US$174 / €120 / £102
ISBN: 978-1-61499-085-7
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Multimedia information and digital images are increasingly important in the field of healthcare, …

Health Informatics: Building a Healthcare Future Through Trusted Information

Pub. date: July 2012
Editors: Maeder, A.J., Martin-Sanchez, F.J.
Volume: 178
Price: US$174 / €120 / £102
ISBN: 978-1-61499-077-2
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

A more trusted environment for the management and use of health information would undoubtedly hel…

pHealth 2012

Pub. date: June 2012
Editors: Blobel, B., Pharow, P., Sousa, F.
Volume: 177
Price: US$174 / €120 / £102
ISBN: 978-1-61499-068-0
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Microsystems, smart textiles, telemedicine, smart implants and sensor-controlled medical devices …

Research into Spinal Deformities 8

Pub. date: July 2012
Editors: Kotwicki, T. , Grivas, Th.B.
Volume: 176
Price: US$199 / €145 / £123
ISBN: 978-1-61499-066-6
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Idiopathic scoliosis remains a fascinating and enigmatic disease, and research in the area of spi…

HealthGrid Applications and Technologies Meet Science Gateways for Life Sciences

Pub. date: May 2012
Editors: Gesing, S., Glatard, T., Krüger, J., Delgado Olabarriaga, S., Solomonides, T., Silverstein, J.C., Montagnat, J., Gaignard, A., Krefting, D.
Volume: 175
Price: US$152 / €105 / £89
ISBN: 978-1-61499-053-6
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

The integration of grid, cloud and other e-infrastructures into the fields of biology, bioinforma…

Large Scale Projects in eHealth

Pub. date: April 2012
Editors: Blobel, B., Engelbrecht, R., Shifrin, M.A.
Volume: 174
Price: US$145 / €100 / £85
ISBN: 978-1-61499-051-2
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

The efficient and effective delivery of healthcare requires accurate and relevant methodologies; …

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 19

Pub. date: February 2012
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Westwood, S.W., Felländer-Tsai, L., Haluck, R.S., Robb, R.A., Senger, S., Vosburgh, K.G.
Volume: 173
Price: US$232 / €160 / £136
ISBN: 978-1-61499-021-5
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

A physician who is treating a patient confronts a complex and incompletely understood living syst…

Advancing Cancer Education and Healthy Living in Our Communities

Pub. date: August 2012
Editors: Quintana, Y., Van Kirk Villalobos, A., May, D.
Volume: 172
Price: US$152 / €105 / £89
ISBN: 978-1-61499-087-1
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Over half the deaths from disease in the world are now due to just four chronic conditions – di…

Data Mining to Determine Risk in Medical Decisions

Pub. date: November 2011
Author: Cerrito, P.B.
Volume: 171
Price: US$174 / €120
ISBN: 978-1-60750-838-0
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Decisions regarding the risks involved in medical treatments must belong to patients and their ph…

Transatlantic Cooperation Surrounding Health Related Information and Communication Technology

Pub. date: August 2011
Editor: De Moor, G.J.E.
Volume: 170
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-809-0
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation Surrounding Health Related Information and Com…

User Centred Networked Health Care

Pub. date: August 2011
Editors: Moen, A., Andersen, S.K., Aarts, J., Hurlen, P.
Volume: 169
Price: US$319 / €220
ISBN: 978-1-60750-805-2
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health

This volume of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - User Centred Networked Health Care …

Health Informatics: The Transformative Power of Innovation

Pub. date: August 2011
Editors: Hansen, D.P., Maeder, A.J., Schaper, L.K.
Volume: 168
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-790-1
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health, Medical Informatics

Australia has a long history of involvement in the progress of health informatics, and Australian co…

Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2011

Pub. date: June 2011
Editors: Wiederhold, B.K., Bouchard, S., Riva, G.
Volume: 167
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-765-9
Subject: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, Medicine & Health

The field of cybertherapy is becoming more widely accepted and implemented worldwide. The advantages…

Patient Safety Informatics

Pub. date: May 2011
Editors: Koutkias, V., Niès, J., Jensen, S., Maglaveras, N., Beuscart, R.
Volume: 166
Price: US$174 / €120
ISBN: 978-1-60750-739-0
Subject: Medicine & Health, Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology

Improving patient safety and the quality of healthcare poses many challenges, and information techno…

e-Health Across Borders Without Boundaries

Pub. date: April 2011
Editors: Stoicu-Tivadar, L., Blobel, B., Marcun, T., Orel, A.
Volume: 165
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-734-5
Subject: Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology

In order to achieve and maintain cross-border interoperability of electronic health records systems,…

International Perspectives in Health Informatics

Pub. date: February 2011
Editors: Borycki, E.M., Bartle-Clar, J.A., Househ, M.S., Kuziemsky, C.E., Schraa, E.G.
Volume: 164
Price: US$195 / €145
ISBN: 978-1-60750-708-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Health information systems are now widely used around the world to raise the quality of healthcare, …

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 18

Pub. date: February 2011
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Westwood, S.W., Felländer-Tsai, L., Haluck, R.S., Hoffman, H.M., Robb, R.A., Senger, S., Vosburgh, K.G.
Volume: 163
Price: US$232 / €160
ISBN: 978-1-60750-705-5
Subject: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, Medicine & Health, Telemedicine

Since the debut of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) conference in 1992, MMVR has served as …

Biological Petri Nets

Pub. date: March 2011
Editor: Wingender, E.
Volume: 162
Price: US$174 / €120
ISBN: 978-1-60750-703-1
Subject: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell

It was suggested some years ago that Petri nets might be well suited to modeling metabolic networks,…

Global Telehealth

Pub. date: November 2010
Editors: Smith, A.C., Maeder, A.J.
Volume: 161
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-658-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Telehealth – the delivery of health services and clinical information from a distance – has reac…

MEDINFO 2010

Pub. date: September 2010
Editors: Safran, C., Reti, S., Marin, H.F.
Volume: 160
Price: US$395 / €325
ISBN: 978-1-60750-587-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

IMIA’s Medinfo 2010 conference in Cape Town, the first to be held in Africa, focuses on the needs …

Healthgrid Applications and Core Technologies

Pub. date: June 2010
Editors: Solomonides, T., Blanquer, I., Breton, V., Glatard, T., Legré, Y.
Volume: 159
Price: US$174 / €120
ISBN: 978-1-60750-582-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book presents the proceedings of HealthGrid 2010, the latest in the annual open forum for the i…

Research into Spinal Deformities 7

Pub. date: July 2010
Editors: Aubin, C.-E., Stokes, I.A.F., Labelle, H., Moreau, A.
Volume: 158
Price: US$174 / €120
ISBN: 978-1-60750-572-3
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

In choosing Montreal for its 8th biennial meeting, the International Research Society of Spinal Defo…

Information Technology in Health Care: Socio-Technical Approaches 2010

Pub. date: June 2010
Editors: Nøhr, C., Aarts, J.
Volume: 157
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-568-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Ten years ago, two landmark reports were published by the Institute of Medicine on human error in me…

Medical and Care Compunetics 6

Pub. date: June 2010
Editors: Bos, L., Blobel, B., Benton, S., Carroll, D.
Volume: 156
Price: US$167 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-60750-564-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Medical and care compunetics is the field which deals with the social, societal and ethical implicat…

Seamless Care – Safe Care

Pub. date: June 2010
Editors: Blobel, B., Hvannberg, E.Þ., Gunnarsdóttir, V.
Volume: 155
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-562-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book contains the proceedings of the Tenth European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) S…

Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2010

Pub. date: June 2010
Editors: Wiederhold, B.K., Riva, G., Kim, S.I.
Volume: 154
Price: US$167 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-60750-560-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Healthcare systems around the world are moving towards a quantum shift in care delivery. As costs sp…

Engineering the System of Healthcare Delivery

Pub. date: May 2010
Editors: Rouse, W.B., Cortese, D.A.
Volume: 153
Price: US$210 / €145
ISBN: 978-1-60750-532-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

As the United States continues to debate reform of its healthcare system, this book argues that prov…

Basic Engineering for Medics and Biologists

Pub. date: May 2010
Editors: Lee, T.C., Niederer, P.F.
Volume: 152
Price: US$94 / €65
ISBN: 978-1-60750-526-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Developments in bioengineering and medical technology have led to spectacular progress in clinical m…

Health Informatics

Pub. date: February 2010
Editors: Hovenga, E.J.S., Kidd, M.R., Garde, S., Hullin Lucay Cossio, C.
Volume: 151
Price: US$232 / €160
ISBN: 978-1-60750-092-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The field of health informatics (or medical informatics as it is sometimes called) is still a relati…

Medical Informatics in a United and Healthy Europe

Pub. date: August 2009
Editors: Adlassnig, K.-P., Blobel, B., Mantas, J., Masic, I.
Volume: 150
Price: US$319 / €220
ISBN: 978-1-60750-044-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This volume contains the proceedings of the Twenty-second International Conference on Medical Inform…

Strategy for the Future of Health

Pub. date: September 2009
Editor: Bushko, R.G.
Volume: 149
Price: US$195 / €145
ISBN: 978-1-60750-050-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Bringing together some of the strongest and most advanced voices in the field of medicine and techno…

Detection and Prevention of Adverse Drug Events

Pub. date: September 2009
Editors: Beuscart, R., Hackl, W., Nøhr, C.
Volume: 148
Price: US$153 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-60750-043-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

When someone enters hospital for examination or treatment, is given a doctor’s prescription, recei…

Healthgrid Research, Innovation and Business Case

Pub. date: June 2009
Editors: Solomonides, T., Hofman-Apitius, M., Freudigmann, M., Semler, S.C., Legré, Y., Kratz, M.
Volume: 147
Price: US$167 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-60750-027-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

HealthGrid 2009 is the seventh meeting of this open forum for the integration of grid technologies, …

Connecting Health and Humans

Pub. date: June 2009
Editors: Saranto, K., Flatley Brennan, P., Park, H-A., Tallberg, M., Ensio, A.
Volume: 146
Price: US$276 / €190
ISBN: 978-1-60750-024-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The proceedings of the 10th International Nursing Informatics Congress (NI2009) offers a wide range …

Advanced Technologies in Rehabilitation

Pub. date: June 2009
Editors: Gaggioli, A., Keshner, E.A., Weiss, P.L., Riva, G.
Volume: 145
Price: US$167 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-60750-018-6
Subject: Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology

The goal of this book is to bring together ideas from several different disciplines in order to e…

Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2009

Pub. date: June 2009
Editors: Wiederhold, B.K., Riva, G.
Volume: 144
Price: US$167 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-60750-017-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health, Telemedicine

Cybertherapy – the provision of healthcare services using advanced technologies – can help im…

Advances in Information Technology and Communication in Health

Pub. date: February 2009
Editor: McDaniel, J.G.
Volume: 143
Price: US$225 / €155
ISBN: 978-1-58603-979-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The topics of Advances in Information Technology and Communication in Health, the proceedings of …

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 17

Pub. date: January 2009
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Westwood, S.W., Haluck, R.S., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Phillips, R., Robb, R.A., Vosburgh, K.G.
Volume: 142
Price: US$218 / €150
ISBN: 978-1-58603-964-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The 17th annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR17) was held January 19-22, 2009, in Long Beach,…

Collaborative Patient Centred eHealth

Pub. date: October 2008
Editors: Bellon, J., De Clercq, E., De Moor, G., Foulon, M., Van Der Lei, J.
Volume: 141
Price: US$145 / €100
ISBN: 978-1-58603-922-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health, Telemedicine

In Medical Informatics three types of processes play a central role: organizational, patient-related…

Research into Spinal Deformities 6

Pub. date: September 2008
Editor: Dangerfield, P.
Volume: 140
Price: US$203 / €140
ISBN: 978-1-58603-888-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

2008 could be viewed as a time of potentially exciting breakthroughs in our understanding of the def…

Computer-based Medical Guidelines and Protocols: A Primer and Current Trends

Pub. date: July 2008
Editors: Ten Teije, A., Miksch, S., Lucas, P.
Volume: 139
Price: US$165 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-58603-873-1
Subject: Artificial Intelligence, Computer & Communication Sciences, Computer Science, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book brings together results from different branches of computer science (in particular, art…

Global Healthgrid: e-Science Meets Biomedical Informatics

Pub. date: June 2008
Editors: Solomonides, T., Silverstein, J.C., Saltz, J., Legré, Y., Kratz, M., Foster, I., Breton, V., Beck, J.R.
Volume: 138
Price: US$160 / €110
ISBN: 978-1-58603-874-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

HealthGrid 2008 is the sixth conference in this series of open forums for the integration of grid te…

Medical and Care Compunetics 5

Pub. date: June 2008
Editors: Bos, L., Blobel, B., Marsh, A., Carroll, D.
Volume: 137
Price: US$224 / €160
ISBN: 978-1-58603-868-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Medical and Care Compunetics 5 accompanies the fifth annual ICMCC Event, which is one of the leading…

eHealth Beyond the Horizon - Get IT There

Pub. date: May 2008
Editors: Andersen, S.K., Klein, M.C.A., Schulz, S., Aarts, J., Mazzoleni, M.C.
Volume: 136
Price: US$308 / €220
ISBN: 978-1-58603-864-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The first part of the MIE 2008 conference theme – eHealth Beyond the Horizon – highlights the ex…

The Conservative Scoliosis Treatment

Pub. date: March 2008
Editor: Grivas, Th.B.
Volume: 135
Price: US$196 / €140
ISBN: 978-1-58603-842-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This is the first of a series of Instructional Course Lectures (ICL) books of the International S…

eHealth: Combining Health Telematics, Telemedicine, Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics to the Edge

Pub. date: March 2008
Editors: Blobel, B., Pharow, P., Nerlich, M.
Volume: 134
Price: US$161 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-58603-835-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Current demographic, economic and social conditions which developed countries are faced with require…

Medicine Meets Engineering

Pub. date: March 2008
Editors: Hammer, J., Nerlich, M., Dendorfer, S.
Volume: 133
Price: US$161 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-58603-828-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Biomedical Engineering is defined as the science that integrates medical and engineering sciences to…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16

Pub. date: January 2008
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Haluck, R.S., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Phillips, R., Robb, R.A., Vosburgh, K.G.
Volume: 132
Price: US$224 / €160
ISBN: 978-1-58603-822-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

We humans are tribal, grouping ourselves by a multitude of criteria: physical, intellectual, politic…

Current Principles and Practices of Telemedicine and e-Health

Pub. date: February 2008
Editor: Latifi, R.
Volume: 131
Price: US$161 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-58603-806-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book represents the most current development on the expanding and changing field of telemedi…

Information Technology in Health Care 2007

Pub. date: July 2007
Editors: Coiera, E., Westbrook, J.I., Callen, J.L., Aarts, J.
Volume: 130
Price: US$150 / €115
ISBN: 978-1-58603-777-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Early studies of health information system failures identified the central role of the human, social…

MEDINFO 2007

Pub. date: August 2007
Editors: Kuhn, K.A., Warren, J.R., Leong, T.-Y.
Volume: 129
Price: US$377 / €290
ISBN: 978-1-58603-774-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The theme of Medinfo2007 is “Building Sustainable Health Systems”. Particular foci are health ch…

Nursing Informatics 2020: Towards Defining our own Future

Pub. date: July 2007
Editors: Murray, P., Park, H-A., Erdley, W.S., Kim, J.
Volume: 128
Price: US$124 / €95
ISBN: 978-1-58603-772-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

"I would recommend this book to both nursing informatics students and nursing informatics specialist…

Medical and Care Compunetics 4

Pub. date: May 2007
Editors: Bos, L., Blobel, B.
Volume: 127
Price: US$183 / €126
ISBN: 978-1-58603-751-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The role of ICMCC with regards to patient-related ICT has become obvious with the start of the Recor…

From Genes to Personalized HealthCare: Grid Solutions for the Life Sciences

Pub. date: April 2007
Editors: Jacq, N., Legré, Y., Muller, H., Blanquer, I., Breton, V., Hausser, D., Hernández, V., Solomonides, T., Hofman-Apitius, M.
Volume: 126
Price: US$223 / €154
ISBN: 978-1-58603-738-3
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The main focus of this publication is on technologies, solutions and requirements that interest the …

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 15

Pub. date: January 2007
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Haluck, R.S., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Phillips, R., Robb, R.A., Vosburgh, K.G.
Volume: 125
Price: US$223 / €154
ISBN: 978-1-58603-713-0
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Our culture is obsessed with design. Sometimes designers can fuse utility and fantasy to make the mu…

Ubiquity: Technologies for Better Health in Aging Societies

Pub. date: August 2006
Editors: Hasman, A., Haux, R., Van Der Lei, J., De Clercq, E., Roger France, F.H.
Volume: 124
Price: US$255 / €176
ISBN: 978-1-58603-647-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Information technology helps to improve the quality of health care by disseminating and systematizin…

Research into Spinal Deformities 5

Pub. date: June 2006
Editors: Uyttendaele, D., Dangerfield, P.H.
Volume: 123
Price: US$239 / €165
ISBN: 978-1-58603-630-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This publication covers many different fields of research from genetics and molecular biology to sur…

Consumer-Centered Computer-Supported Care for Healthy People

Pub. date: June 2006
Editors: Park, H-A., Murray, P., Delaney, C.
Volume: 122
Price: US$255 / €176
ISBN: 978-1-58603-622-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

“I would seriously recommend that this book – in text form – should be available in all nursin…

Medical and Care Compunetics 3

Pub. date: May 2006
Editors: Bos, L., Roa, L., Yogesan, K., O'Connell, B., Marsh, A., Blobel, B.
Volume: 121
Price: US$206 / €142
ISBN: 978-1-58603-620-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This publication covers aspects concerning information supply to patient and professional; electroni…

Challenges and Opportunities of Healthgrids

Pub. date: May 2006
Editors: Hernández, V., Blanquer, I., Solomonides, T., Breton, V., Legré, Y.
Volume: 120
Price: US$206 / €142
ISBN: 978-1-58603-617-1
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medicine & Health

The contributions of this publication follow mainly five main topics: Medical Imaging on the Grid; E…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 14

Pub. date: January 2006
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Haluck, R.S., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Phillips, R., Robb, R.A., Vosburgh, K.G.
Volume: 119
Price: US$215 / €148
ISBN: 978-1-58603-583-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Machine intelligence will eclipse human intelligence within the next few decades - extrapolating fro…

Future of Intelligent and Extelligent Health Environment

Pub. date: November 2005
Editor: Bushko, R.G.
Volume: 118
Price: US$171 / €118
ISBN: 978-1-58603-571-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The technology on our body, in our body and all around us enhances our health and well-being from co…

Personalised Health Management Systems

Pub. date: October 2005
Editors: Nugent, C., McCullagh, P.J., McAdams, E.T., Lymberis, A.
Volume: 117
Price: US$151 / €104
ISBN: 978-1-58603-565-5
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Information Sciences, Medical Informatics, Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology, Telemedicine

The development and advancement of personalised health management systems requires the consideration…

Connecting Medical Informatics and Bio-Informatics

Pub. date: August 2005
Editors: Engelbrecht, R., Geissbuhler, A., Lovis, C., Mihalas, G.
Volume: 116
Price: US$255 / €176
ISBN: 978-1-58603-549-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

A wide spectrum of actual topics in bio-informatics, including both medical and bio-medical informat…

Regional Health Economies and ICT Services

Pub. date: August 2005
Editors: Saranummi, N., Piggott, D., Katehakis, D.G., Tsiknakis, M., Bernstein, K.
Volume: 115
Price: US$144 / €99
ISBN: 978-1-58603-538-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

An important trend throughout Europe is a move towards more involvement of patients or citizens in i…

Medical and Care Compunetics 2

Pub. date: May 2005
Editors: Bos, L., Laxminarayan, S., Marsh, A.
Volume: 114
Price: US$171 / €118
ISBN: 978-1-58603-520-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics (ICMCC) wants to emphasize the computing a…

Plaque Imaging: Pixel to Molecular Level

Pub. date: May 2005
Editors: Suri, J.S., Yuan, C., Wilson, D.L., Laxminarayan, S.
Volume: 113
Price: US$206 / €142
ISBN: 978-1-58603-516-7
Subject: Artificial Intelligence, Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, Cancer Research, Computer Science, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health, Neurosciences

Coronary disease is the number one cause of death in the United States and the Western world and app…

From Grid to Healthgrid

Pub. date: March 2005
Editors: Solomonides, T., McClatchey, R., Breton, V., Legré, Y., Nørager, S.
Volume: 112
Price: US$171 / €118
ISBN: 978-1-58603-510-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This publication provides a forum for projects in the medical, biological and biomedical domains as …

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 13

Pub. date: January 2005
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Haluck, R.S., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Phillips, R., Robb, R.A., Vosburgh, K.G.
Volume: 111
Price: US$215 / €148
ISBN: 978-1-58603-498-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Magical describes conditions that are outside our understanding of cause and effect. What cannot be …

Health Continuum and Data Exchange in Belgium and in the Netherlands

Pub. date: November 2004
Editors: Roger France, F.H., De Clercq, E., De Moor, G., Van Der Lei, J.
Volume: 110
Price: US$136 / €94
ISBN: 978-1-58603-487-0
Subject: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book describes a follow up of research projects and the development of standards for “e-Healt…

Global Health Informatics Education

Pub. date: August 2004
Editors: Hovenga, E.J.S., Mantas, J.
Volume: 109
Price: US$206 / €142
ISBN: 978-1-58603-454-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Throughout the world, healthcare professionals often lack knowledge of the possibilities and limitat…

Wearable eHealth Systems for Personalised Health Management

Pub. date: August 2004
Editors: Lymberis, A., De Rossi, D.
Volume: 108
Price: US$206 / €142
ISBN: 978-1-58603-449-8
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The new generation of wearable personal eHealth systems has to be affordable, user-friendly, “invi…

MEDINFO 2004

Pub. date: August 2004
Editors: Fieschi, M., Coiera, E., Li, Y.-C.J.
Volume: 107
Price: US$463 / €319
ISBN: 978-1-58603-444-3
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

A fundamental challenge for medical informatics is to develop and apply better ways of understand…

e-Health: Current Status and Future Trends

Pub. date: October 2004
Editor: Demiris, G.
Volume: 106
Price: US$144 / €99
ISBN: 978-1-58603-442-9
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

In this publication, e-health is defined as the use of advanced telecommunications such as the In…

Transformation of Healthcare with Information Technologies

Pub. date: September 2004
Editors: Duplaga, M., Zieliński, K., Ingram, D.
Volume: 105
Price: US$206 / €142
ISBN: 978-1-58603-438-2
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The accession of new EU member states demands considerable effort on their part, aimed at developing…

Establishing Telemedicine in Developing Countries: From Inception to Implementation

Pub. date: July 2004
Editor: Latifi, R.
Volume: 104
Price: US$175 / €121
ISBN: 978-1-58603-423-8
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Telemedicine and telehealth development has brought hope to developing countries and their most r…

Medical and Care Compunetics 1

Pub. date: May 2004
Editors: Bos, L., Laxminarayan, S., Marsh, A.
Volume: 103
Price: US$206 / €142
ISBN: 978-1-58603-431-3
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Information technology in medicine and healthcare has grown far beyond any expectations. Yet, the…

Ontologies in Medicine

Pub. date: May 2004
Editor: Pisanelli, D.M.
Volume: 102
Price: US$181 / €125
ISBN: 978-1-58603-418-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

It is generally acknowledged by the scientific community that ontologies may give a significant c…

Computer-based Support for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols

Pub. date: March 2004
Editors: Kaiser, K., Miksch, S., Tu, S.W.
Volume: 101
Price: US$144 / €99
ISBN: 978-1-58603-412-2
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

In recent years, guidelines and protocols have gained support as the vehicles for promoting best …

E-Health

Pub. date: September 2004
Editors: Iakovidis, I., Wilson, P., Healy, J.C.
Volume: 100
Price: US$144 / €99
ISBN: 978-1-58603-448-1
Subject: Computer & Communication Sciences, Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This publication provides health ministers and the health public sector in general with validated…

Cybertherapy

Pub. date: April 2004
Editors: Riva, G., Botella, C., Légeron, P., Optale, G.
Volume: 99
Price: US$171 / €118
ISBN: 978-1-58603-411-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Cybertherapy, the integration of telehealth technologies with the Internet and shared virtual rea…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 12

Pub. date: January 2004
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Haluck, R.S., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Phillips, R., Robb, R.A.
Volume: 98
Price: US$206 / €142
ISBN: 978-1-58603-404-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference is a leading forum for surgical simulation and its …

Integration of Health Telematics into Medical Practice

Pub. date: October 2003
Editors: Schächinger, U., Nerlich, M.
Volume: 97
Price: US$141 / €97
ISBN: 978-1-58603-375-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book addresses very different subjects from research to practice and from medicine to inform…

Advanced Health Telematics and Telemedicine

Pub. date: June 2003
Editors: Blobel, B., Pharow, P.
Volume: 96
Price: US$168 / €116
ISBN: 978-1-58603-350-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

In this publication, leading experts present all the different aspects to be met for practically …

The New Navigators: from Professionals to Patients

Pub. date: April 2003
Editors: Baud, R., Fieschi, M., Le Beux, P., Ruch, P.
Volume: 95
Price: US$281 / €194
ISBN: 978-1-58603-347-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

In a developing information society, the members of the European Federation for Medical Informati…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 11

Pub. date: January 2003
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Phillips, R., Robb, R.A., Stredney, D.
Volume: 94
Price: US$203 / €140
ISBN: 978-1-58603-320-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The Proceedings of the 11th annual. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference provides current re…

E-Health in Belgium and in the Netherlands

Pub. date: November 2002
Editors: Roger France, F.H., De Clercq, E., Hasman, A., De Moor, G.
Volume: 93
Price: US$80 / €80
ISBN: 978-1-58603-313-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The MIC (Medische Informatica Congres, Medical Informatics Congress) has a long tradition in Belg…

Information Technology Business Models for Quality Health Care: An EU/US Dialogue

Pub. date: December 2002
Editors: Krishna, S., Balas, E.A., Boren, S.A.
Volume: 92
Price: US$97 / €88
ISBN: 978-1-58603-307-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book consists of presentations made at the conference held on May 14-15, 2002 at the Univers…

Research into Spinal Deformities 4

Pub. date: December 2002
Editor: Grivas, Th.B.
Volume: 91
Price: US$140 / €127
ISBN: 978-1-58603-289-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The extended essays of the papers and posters presented at meeting of the International Research …

Health Data in the Information Society

Pub. date: August 2002
Editors: Surján, G., Engelbrecht, R., McNair, P.
Volume: 90
Price: US$153 / €139
ISBN: 978-1-58603-279-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

MIE 2002 is the XVIIth international conference of the European Federation of Medical Informatics…

Analysis, Design and Implementation of Secure and Interoperable Distributed Health Information Systems

Pub. date: September 2002
Author: Blobel, B.
Volume: 89
Price: US$116 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-58603-277-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book is an introduction into methodology and practice of analysis, design and implementation…

Research into Spinal Deformities 3

Pub. date: August 2002
Editors: Tanguy, A., Peuchot, B.
Volume: 88
Price: US$140 / €127
ISBN: 978-1-58603-266-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This volume represents the proceedings of the third biannual meeting of the International Researc…

Electronic Health Records and Communication for Better Health Care

Pub. date: June 2002
Editor: Mennerat, F.
Volume: 87
Price: US$92 / €83
ISBN: 978-1-58603-253-1
Subject: Mathematics/Electronics/Mechanics

The annual EuroRec Working Conference has become the traditional gathering of all the partners in…

Case Mix: Global Views, Local Actions

Pub. date: January 2001
Editors: Roger France, F.H., Mertens, I., Closon, M.C., Hofdijk, J.
Volume: 86
Price: US$97 / €88
ISBN: 978-1-58603-217-3
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) were the first health management tool to group patients in clinic…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 02/10

Pub. date: January 2002
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Hoffman, H.M., Robb, R.A., Stredney, D.
Volume: 85
Price: US$140 / €127
ISBN: 978-1-58603-203-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The book offers papers on many aspects of electronic technology in healthcare. Core areas are ima…

MedInfo 2001

Pub. date: January 2001
Editors: Patel, V., Rogers, R., Haux, R.
Volume: 84
Price: US$303 / €275
ISBN: 978-1-58603-194-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

As we are in the year 2002, the concept of a “networked global health” society is progressive…

Computer-Based Support for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols

Pub. date: January 2001
Editors: Heller, B., Löffler, M., Musen, M., Stefanelli, M.
Volume: 83
Price: US$97 / €88
ISBN: 978-1-58603-193-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book is a compilation of papers presented at the First European Workshop for Guidelines and …

Towards a European Framework for Education and Training in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Pub. date: January 2001
Editor: Kolitsi, Z.
Volume: 82
Price: US$90 / €81
ISBN: 978-1-58603-151-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Mutual recognition of professionals is a pre-requisite for the ful-
fillment of European Uni…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2001

Pub. date: January 2001
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Stredney, D.
Volume: 81
Price: US$120 / €109
ISBN: 978-1-58603-143-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Since 1992, the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality onference series has gathered physicians, computer…

Future of Health Technology

Pub. date: March 2002
Editor: Bushko, R.G.
Volume: 80
Price: US$104 / €94
ISBN: 978-1-58603-091-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Health technology becomes the center of healthcare systems strategic planning process. Developing…

Advanced Infrastructures for Future Healthcare

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Marsh, A., Grandinetti, L., Kauranne, T.
Volume: 79
Price: US$128 / €116
ISBN: 978-1-58603-095-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Healthcare is a major candidate for improvement in any vision of the kinds of "information highwa…

European Neurological Network

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Paiva, T., Penzel, T.
Volume: 78
Price: US$120 / €109
ISBN: 978-1-58603-084-1
Subject: Neurosciences

Neurological disorders are high global burden disorders due to their chronic evolution, associate…

Medical Infobahn for Europe

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Hasman, A., Prokosch, H.U., Blobel, B., Dudeck, J., Gell, G., Engelbrecht, R.
Volume: 77
Price: US$167 / €151
ISBN: 978-1-58603-063-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The challenge of this century is to develop and introduce information technology for the improvem…

Information Technology Strategies from the United States and the European Union

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Balas, E.A., Boren, S.A., Brown, G.D.
Volume: 76
Price: US$82 / €74
ISBN: 978-1-58603-054-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Clinical and biomedical research production is rapidly growing, but delivery to practitioners rem…

Case Studies of Security Problems and their Solutions

Pub. date: January 2000
Editor: Klein, M.C.A.
Volume: 75
Price: US$90 / €81
ISBN: 978-1-58603-050-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The SIREN project was established by the Health Telematics Programme of the European Commission i…

A Legal Framework for Security in European Health Care Telematics

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Rienhoff, O., Laske, C., Van Eecke, P., Wenzlaff, P., Piccolo, U.
Volume: 74
Price: US$84 / €76
ISBN: 978-1-58603-049-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The importance of health care is obvious, and so are the advantages that information and communic…

WISECARE Work flow Information Systems for European nursing CARE

Pub. date: January 2000
Editor: Sermeus, W.
Volume: 73
Price: US$90 / €81
ISBN: 978-1-58603-048-3
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The way telematics and information technology is used for the management of oncology care is the …

User Acceptance of Health Telematics Applications

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Iakovidis, I., Maglavera, S., Trakatellis, A.
Volume: 72
Price: US$97 / €88
ISBN: 978-1-58603-033-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book discusses the acceptance of telematics applications by healthcare professionals. It foc…

Mathematical Modelling in Medicine

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Ottesen, J.T., Danielsen, M.
Volume: 71
Price: US$97 / €88
ISBN: 978-1-58603-026-1
Subject: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, Medicine & Health

Based on the conference Mathematical Modelling in Medicine some of the leading researchers, educa…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2000

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Hoffman, H.M., Mogel, G.T., Stredney, D., Robb, R.A.
Volume: 70
Price: US$123 / €112
ISBN: 978-1-58603-014-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book provides an innovative international forum for the researchers, developers, and practit…

Security Standards for Healthcare Information Systems

Pub. date: July 2002
Editors: Allaert, F.-A., Blobel, B., Louwerse, C.P., Barber, E.B.
Volume: 69
Price: US$116 / €105
ISBN: 978-1-58603-000-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Within the European Union's "Information Society Initiative in Standardisation", several partners…

Medical Informatics Europe ’99

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Kokol, P., Zupan, B., Stare, J., Premik, M., Engelbrecht, R.
Volume: 68
Price: US$173 / €157
ISBN: 978-0-9673355-1-3
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book reflects the “state of the art” on medical informatics. It presents many new and ex…

Building Regional Health Care Networks in Europe

Pub. date: January 2000
Editors: Oates, J., Bjerregaard Jensen, H.
Volume: 67
Price: US$82 / €74
ISBN: 978-0-9673355-9-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book is the brain-child of a group of leading organisations which have been involved in majo…

Implementing Secure Healthcare Telematics Applications in Europe

Pub. date: January 2001
Editor: The ISHTAR Consortium,
Volume: 66
Price: US$120 / €109
ISBN: 978-90-5199-489-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The ISHTAR project was one of the European Union's Fourth Framework projects in Health Telematics…

Textbook in Health Informatics - A Nursing Perspective

Pub. date: November 2001
Editors: Mantas, J., Hasman, A.
Volume: 65
Price: US$115 / €104
ISBN: 978-90-5199-488-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

‘Textbook in Health Informatics’ covers subjects addressed in the overall field of Health Inf…

The Impact of Telemedicine on Health Care Management

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Nerlich, M., Kretschmer, R.
Volume: 64
Price: US$103 / €93
ISBN: 978-90-5199-484-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Telemedicine has the potential to significantly alter structures, procedures, and eventually outc…

Recommendations for International Action

Pub. date: January 1999
Authors: Rogers, R., Reardon, J.
Volume: 63
Price: US$88 / €80
ISBN: 978-90-5199-482-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

A Global Information Society could bring enormous benefits to world health. Individuals could be …

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Hoffman, H.M., Robb, R., Stredney, D.
Volume: 62
Price: US$119 / €108
ISBN: 978-90-5199-445-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

MMVR offers solutions for problems in clinical care through the phenomenally expanding potential …

ICNP and Telematic Applications for Nurses in Europe

Pub. date: January 1999
Editor: Mortensen, R.A.
Volume: 61
Price: US$97 / €87
ISBN: 978-90-5199-454-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) functions as a common language for nursi…

Methodology and Clinical Applications of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Analysis

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Di Rienzo, M., Mancia, G., Parati, G., Pedotti, A., Zanchetti, A.
Volume: 60
Price: US$107 / €97
ISBN: 978-90-5199-436-0
Subject: Haematology, Medicine & Health

This is the fourth book in a series dealing with the methodological aspects of comptuer analysis …

Research into Spinal Deformities 2

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Stokes, I.A.F., Dangerfield, P.
Volume: 59
Price: US$130 / €118
ISBN: 978-90-5199-430-8
Subject: Neurosciences

This book contains the extended abstracts of 90 papers and posters presented at the 2nd Biannual …

Virtual Environments in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience

Pub. date: January 1998
Editors: Riva, G., Wiederhold, B.K., Molinari, E.
Volume: 58
Price: US$95 / €86
ISBN: 978-90-5199-429-2
Subject: Medicine & Health

Virtual Reality (VR) offers the potential to develop human testing and training environments that…

Health and Medical Informatics Education in Europe

Pub. date: January 2000
Editor: Mantas, J.
Volume: 57
Price: US$73 / €66
ISBN: 978-90-5199-424-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

After the success of the first two books with the proceedings of the newly established series of …

User Acceptance of Health Telematics Applications

Pub. date: January 1998
Editors: Iakovidis, I., Maglavera, S., Trakatellis, A.
Volume: 56
Price: US$97 / €87
ISBN: 978-90-5199-415-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book contains examples of “convincing cases” that were selected from all over Europe and…

Reference Information Model for Clinical Laboratories

Pub. date: January 1998
Editors: Goldschmidt, H.M.J., Cox, M.J.T., Grouls, R.J.E., Van De Laar, W.A.J.H., Van Merode, F.G.G.
Volume: 55
Price: US$91 / €82
ISBN: 978-90-5199-414-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

It is old news that we are in a new information age! And it should come as no surprise that we ne…

Handbook of Telemedicine

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Ferrer-Roca, O., Sosa-Iudicissa, M.
Volume: 54
Price: US$102 / €92
ISBN: 978-90-5199-413-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

According to one of the numerous definitions of telemedicine "providing medicine at a distance" a…

Thesaurus of Health Informatics

Pub. date: January 1998
Editors: Sievert, M.C., Moxley, D.E., Ogg, N.J., Patrick, T.B.
Volume: 53
Price: US$39 / €37
ISBN: 978-90-5199-408-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The creation of a thesaurus de novo is always a daunting task, especially in such a multidiscipli…

Medinfo ‘98

Pub. date: January 1999
Editors: Cesnik, B., McCray, A.T., Scherrer, J.-R.
Volume: 52
Price: US$267 / €242
ISBN: 978-90-5199-407-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

As we approach the year 2000, the concept of a global health networked society is progressively b…

Advances in Health Telematics Education: A Nightingale Perspective

Pub. date: January 1998
Editor: Mantas, J.
Volume: 51
Price: US$104 / €94
ISBN: 978-90-5199-389-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The NIGHTINGALE Project, which started on the 1st of January, 1996, after the approval of the Eur…

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality

Pub. date: January 1998
Editors: Westwood, J.D., Hoffman, H.M., Stredney, D., Weghorst, S.J.
Volume: 50
Price: US$119 / €108
ISBN: 978-90-5199-386-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Medicine is Art
Medicine is supported by Science
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Health Cards '97

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Van Den Broek, L., Sikkel, A.J.
Volume: 49
Price: US$105 / €95
ISBN: 978-90-5199-379-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book offers a comprehensive review of the ongoing activities on patient data cards and healt…

Gerontechnology

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Graafmans, J., Taipale, V., Charness, N.
Volume: 48
Price: US$131 / €119
ISBN: 978-90-5199-367-7
Subject: Ergonomics, Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology

This publication is concerned with gerontechnology - the study of technology and ageing with the …

Syntactic-Semantic Tagging of Medical Texts: The Multi-TALE project

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Ceusters, W., Spijns, P., De Moor, G., Martin, W.
Volume: 47
Price: US$92 / €83
ISBN: 978-90-5199-384-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book summarises the achievements of the Multi-TALE project, that aims at developing a syntac…

Nursing Informatics '97

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Gerdin, U., Wainwright, P., Tallberg, M.
Volume: 46
Price: US$146 / €132
ISBN: 978-90-5199-362-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book reflects the evolution of a vibrant discipline in its chosen. The Impact of Nursing Kno…

New Technologies in Hospital Information Systems

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Dudeck, J., Blobel, B., Lordieck, W., Bürkle, T.
Volume: 45
Price: US$105 / €95
ISBN: 978-90-5199-363-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The book 'New Technologies in Hospital Information Systems' is launched by the European Telematic…

Virtual Reality in Neuro-psycho-physiology

Pub. date: January 1997
Editor: Riva, G.
Volume: 44
Price: US$78 / €69
ISBN: 978-90-5199-364-6
Subject: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, Medicine & Health

To create successful health care applications with today's virtual environments, we must begin by…

Medical Informatics Europe '97

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Pappas, C., Maglaveras, N., Scherrer, J.-R.
Volume: 43
Price: US$207 / €143
ISBN: 978-90-5199-343-1
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health

Methodology for Assesment of Medical IT Based System

Pub. date: January 1997
Editor: Brender, J.
Volume: 42
Price: US$90 / €81
ISBN: 978-90-5199-337-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The book presents a user-oriented methodology for formative (technology) assessment at the develo…

Health Telematics Education

Pub. date: January 1997
Editor: Mantas, J.
Volume: 41
Price: US$112 / €101
ISBN: 978-90-5199-329-5
Subject: Medicine & Health

This volume focuses on the activities on Health Telematics Education. In Europe, coordinated acti…

Bone Research In Biomechanics

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Lowet, G., Rüegsegger, P., Weinans, H., Meunier,
Volume: 40
Price: US$99 / €90
ISBN: 978-90-5199-327-1
Subject: Medicine & Health

This book focuses on the structure of bone, and its consequences for the mechanical behaviour of …

Global Healthcare Grid

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Morgan, K.S., Weghorst, S.J., Hoffman, H.M., Stredney, D.
Volume: 39
Price: US$119 / €108
ISBN: 978-90-5199-299-1
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

ICNP in Europe: Telenurse

Pub. date: January 1997
Editor: Mortensen, R.A.
Volume: 38
Price: US$109 / €99
ISBN: 978-90-5199-321-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book is dedicated to the promotion of the International Classification Nursing practice (ICN…

Research Into Spinal Deformaties 1

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Sevastik, J.S., Diab, K.M.
Volume: 37
Price: US$149 / €135
ISBN: 978-90-5199-308-0
Subject: Neurosciences

In this book the results of current multidisciplinary research on different aspects of spine defo…

Internet, Telematics and Health

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Sosa-Iudicissa, M., Oliveri, N., Gamboa, C., Roberts, J.
Volume: 36
Price: US$91 / €87
ISBN: 978-90-5199-289-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book is the final result of a team effort involving a large number of international experts,…

Frontiers of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Analysis

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Di Rienzo, M., Mancia, G., Parati, G., Pedotti, A., Zanchetti, A.
Volume: 35
Price: US$128 / €116
ISBN: 978-90-5199-312-7
Subject: Haematology, Medicine & Health

An increasing number of studies indicate that the analysis of blood pressure and heart rate varia…

Medical Informatics Europe '96

Pub. date: January 1996
Editors: Brender, J., Christensen, H.I., McNair, P.
Volume: 34
Price: US$145 / €131
ISBN: 978-90-5199-278-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Data Security for Healthcare

Pub. date: January 1996
Editor: The SEISMED Consortium,
Volume: 33
Price: US$73 / €66
ISBN: 978-90-5199-266-3
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The efficiency of modern health care relies more and more upon a computerised infrastructure. Ope…

Data Security for Healthcare

Pub. date: January 1996
Editor: The SEISMED Consortium,
Volume: 32
Price: US$152 / €138
ISBN: 978-90-5199-265-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The efficiency of modern health care relies more and more upon a computerised infrastructure. Ope…

Data Security for Healthcare

Pub. date: January 1996
Editor: The SEISMED Consortium,
Volume: 31
Price: US$85 / €77
ISBN: 978-90-5199-264-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The efficiency of modern health care relies more and more upon a computerised infrastructure. Ope…

Contemporary Perspectives in Three-dimensional Biomedical Imaging

Pub. date: January 1997
Editors: Roux, C., Coatrieux, J.-L.
Volume: 30
Price: US$140 / €127
ISBN: 978-90-5199-260-1
Subject: Medicine & Health

The book provides a convenient reference for results and current trends in the field of Biomedica…

Healthcare in the Information Age

Pub. date: January 1996
Editors: Weghorst, S.J., Sieburg, H.B., Morgan, K.S.
Volume: 29
Price: US$119 / €108
ISBN: 978-90-5199-250-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

The main topic of this work is: Health Care in the Information Age: Future Tools for Transforming…

Information Exchange for Medical Devices

Pub. date: January 1996
Editors: Pallikarakis, N., Anselmann, N., Pernice, A.
Volume: 28
Price: US$116 / €105
ISBN: 978-90-5199-249-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book presents the current issues concerning information exchange in the field of Medical Dev…

Towards Security in Medical Telematics

Pub. date: January 1996
Editors: Barber, B., Treacher, A., Louwerse, K.
Volume: 27
Price: US$119 / €108
ISBN: 978-90-5199-246-5
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Telematics is offering a totally new scope for handling knowledge in the speed of its acquisition…

Health Cards '95

Pub. date: January 1996
Editors: Köhler, C.O., Rienhoff, O., Schaefer, O.P.
Volume: 26
Price: US$146 / €132
ISBN: 978-90-5199-245-8
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This volume aims at providing an international synopsis of the present state of affairs: Which pa…

Education and Training for Health Informatics in Europe

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Hasman, A., Albert, A., Wainwright, P., Klar, R., Sosa, M.
Volume: 25
Price: US$104 / €94
ISBN: 978-90-5199-234-2
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

A European wide survey on the EDUCTRA (Education and Training in Health Informatics) Concerted Ac…

Health in the New Communications Age

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Ladeira, M.J., Laires, M.F., Christensen, H.I.
Volume: 24
Price: US$146 / €132
ISBN: 978-90-5199-224-3
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book presents the state of the art and trends in Health Care Telematics, the valuable result…

Health, Information Society and Developing Countries

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Sosa-Iudicissa, M., Levett, J., Mandil, S., Beales, P.F.
Volume: 23
Price: US$175 / €121
ISBN: 978-90-5199-226-7
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health

Healthcare Card Systems

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Pernice, A., Doare, H., Rienhoff, O.
Volume: 22
Price: US$85 / €77
ISBN: 978-90-5199-225-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This document includes reports and summaries of the deliverables produced by the different workin…

Systolic and Diastolic Function of the Heart

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Ingels, N.B., Daughters, G.T., Baan, J., Covell, J.W., Reneman, R.S., Yin, F.C.-P.
Volume: 21
Price: US$152 / €109
ISBN: 978-90-5199-211-3
Subject: Haematology, Medicine & Health

The book addresses the meaning of the systolic function and diastolic function, how these can bes…

Telematics in Primary Care in Europe

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: De Maeseneer, J., Beolchi, L.
Volume: 20
Price: US$85 / €77
ISBN: 978-90-5199-209-0
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This publication starts with a description of telematics in primary healthcare in the nineties, f…

Medical Imaging

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Beolchi, L., Kuhn, M.
Volume: 19
Price: US$126 / €114
ISBN: 978-90-5199-210-6
Subject: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, Medicine & Health

Interactive Technology and the New Paradigm for Healthcare

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Satava, R.M., Morgan, K., Sieburg, H.B., Mattheus, R., Christensen, H.I.
Volume: 18
Price: US$97 / €88
ISBN: 978-90-5199-201-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This work contains the state-of-the-art in Virtual Reality as applied to Medicine. Interactive te…

Assessment and Evaluation of Information Technologies in Medicine

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Van Gennip, E.M.S.J., Talmon, J.L.
Volume: 17
Price: US$114 / €103
ISBN: 978-90-5199-200-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Health Telematics for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Gordon, C., Christensen, H.I.
Volume: 16
Price: US$109 / €99
ISBN: 978-90-5199-199-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Guidelines for clinical practice (sometimes also termed practice policies) receive increasing att…

Threedimensional Analysis of Spinal Deformities

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: D'Amico, M., Merolli, A., Santambrogio, G.C.
Volume: 15
Price: US$158 / €143
ISBN: 978-90-5199-181-9
Subject: Medicine & Health

Specific 3-D measurement techniques, based on optical or opto-electronic principles of image capt…

Case-Based Telematic Systems

Pub. date: January 1994
Editors: Roger France, F.H., Noothoven Van Goor, J., Staer-Johansen, K.
Volume: 14
Price: US$114 / €103
ISBN: 978-90-5199-182-6
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Computer Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals

Pub. date: January 1995
Editors: Di Rienzo, M., Mancia, G., Parati, G., Pedotti, A., Zanchetti, A.
Volume: 13
Price: US$127 / €115
ISBN: 978-90-5199-158-1
Subject: Haematology, Medicine & Health

Over the last two decades, the analysis of blood pressure and heart rate variability has been inc…

Knowledge and Decisions in Health Telematics

Pub. date: January 1994
Editors: Barahona, P., Christensen, H.I.
Volume: 12
Price: US$116 / €105
ISBN: 978-90-5199-152-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Low Vision

Pub. date: January 1994
Editors: Kooijman, A.C., Looijestijn, P.L., Welling, J.A., Van Der Wildt, G.J.
Volume: 11
Price: US$158 / €143
ISBN: 978-90-5199-144-4
Subject: Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology

AI in Medicine

Pub. date: January 1993
Editors: Andreassen, S., Engelbrecht, R., Wyatt, J.
Volume: 10
Price: US$141 / €128
ISBN: 978-90-5199-141-3
Subject: Artificial Intelligence, Computer & Communication Sciences

Rehabilitation Technology

Pub. date: January 1993
Editors: Ballabio, E., Placencia Porrero, I., Puig De La Bellacasa, R.
Volume: 9
Price: US$140 / €127
ISBN: 978-90-5199-131-4
Subject: Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology

Open Systems in Medicine

Pub. date: January 1995
Editor: Fleck, E.
Volume: 8
Price: US$142 / €129
ISBN: 978-90-5199-123-9
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

This book discusses information processing and communication in medicine, with the aim to improve…

Advances in Biomedical Engineering

Pub. date: January 1993
Editors: Beneken, J.E.W., Thévenin, V.
Volume: 7
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-90-5199-119-2
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health

Progress in Standardization in Health Care Informatics

Pub. date: January 1993
Editors: De Moor, G., McDonald, C., Noothoven Van Goor, J.
Volume: 6
Price: US$119 / €108
ISBN: 978-90-5199-114-7
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

In Europe, standardization activities in healthcare informatics officially started in the ninetie…

Electrophysiological Kinesiology

Pub. date: January 1993
Editor: Pedotti, A.
Volume: 5
Price: US$158 / €143
ISBN: 978-90-5199-095-9
Subject: Mathematics/Electronics/Mechanics

Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability

Pub. date: January 1993
Editors: Di Rienzo, M., Mancia, G., Parati, G., Pedotti, A., Zanchetti, A.
Volume: 4
Price: US$134 / €121
ISBN: 978-90-5199-077-5
Subject: Haematology, Medicine & Health

Technological progress has allowed us to develop devices which make it possible to record blood p…

Gerontechnology

Pub. date: January 1992
Editors: Bouma, H., Graafmans, J.
Volume: 3
Price: US$116 / €105
ISBN: 978-90-5199-072-0
Subject: Ergonomics, Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology

Advances in Medical Informatics

Pub. date: January 1992
Editors: Noothoven Van Goor, J., Christensen, H.I.
Volume: 2
Price: US$134 / €121
ISBN: 978-90-5199-058-4
Subject: Medical Informatics, Medicine & Health

Data Protection and Confidentiality in Health Informatics

Pub. date: March 1990
Editor: The Commission of the European Communities DG XIII/F AIM
Volume: 1
Price: US$152 / €105
ISBN: 978-90-5199-052-2
Subject: Biochemistry, Medicine & Health

Aims & Scope
Editors

This book series was started in 1990 to promote research conducted under the auspices of the EC programmes’ Advanced Informatics in Medicine (AIM) and Biomedical and Health Research (BHR) bioengineering branch. A driving aspect of international health informatics is that telecommunication technology, rehabilitative technology, intelligent home technology and many other components are moving together and form one integrated world of information and communication media.

The series has been accepted by MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, EMCare, Book Citation Index - Science and Thomson Reuters’ Conference Proceedings Citation Index. All the volumes are available as ebooks.

Dr. O. Bodenreider
National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
USA
olivier@nlm.nih.gov

Dr. J.P. Christensen
christjens@gmail.com

Prof. G. De Moor
Department of Medical Informatics
University of Ghent
De Pintelaan 185
9000 Ghent
Belgium
georges.demoor@ugent.be

Prof. A. Famili
P.O. Box 27013
1980 Ogilvie road
Ottawa, ON K1J 9L9
Canada
famili@ida-ij.com

Dr. U. Fors
Karolinska Institute (MIP)
Doktorsringen 8A
171 77 Stockholm
Sweden
uno.fors@ki.se

Prof. A. Hasman
Medical Informatics
Academic Medical Center
P.O. Box 22660
1100 DD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
a.hasman@amc.uva.nl

Prof. E.J.S. Hovenga
Faculty of Business & Informatics
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton, QLD 4702
Australia
e.hovenga@cqu.edu.au

Dr. L. Hunter
Center for Computational Pharmacology, UCHSC
Campus Box C236
School of Medicine
Room 2817b, 42
Denver, CO 80262
USA
larry.hunter@uchsc.edu

Dr. I. Iakovidis
EC DG XIII Health Telematics
Avenue de Beaulieu 29
1160 Brussels
Belgium
ilias.iakovidis@ec.europe.eu

Dr. Z. Kolitsi
Senior Advisor, Quality and e-Health
Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity
Aristotelous 17
Athens
Greece
kolitsi@vivodinet.gr

Mr. O. Le Dour
European Commission, DG Research
Unit B.0.2., SDME 9/6
Rue de la Loi 200
1049 Brussels
Belgium
olivier.le-dour@ec.europa.eu

Dr. A. Lymberis
Scientific Officer, European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200
1049 Brussels
Belgium
andreas.lymberis@ec.europa.eu

Prof. J. Mantas
Health Informatics Laboratory
University of Athens
Athens
Greece
jmantas@cc.uoa.gr

Prof. M.A. Musen
Stanford University
251 Campus Drive, MSOB X-215
Stanford, CA 94305-5479
USA
musen@stanford.edu

Dr. P. Niederer
Institute of Biomedical Engineering (ETH)
Gloriastrasse 35
8044 Zurich
Switzerland
peter.niederer@biomed.ee.ethz.ch

Prof. A. Pedotti
Department of Bioengineering
Technical University of Milan
Via Golgi 39
20133 Milan
Italy
pedotti@biomed.polimi.it

Dr. O. Rienhoff
Department of Medical Informatics
Georg-August University
Robert Koch Strasse 40
37075 Göttingen
Germany
haegar@med.uni-goettingen.de

Dr. F.H. Roger-France
Centre for Medical Informatics, UCL
Avenue Hippocrate 10
1200 Brussels
Belgium
roger@infm.ucl.ac.be

Dr. N. Rossing
Danish Centre for Health Telematics
Rugårdsvej 15, 2 sal
5000 Odense
Denmark
nr@medcom.dk

Prof. N. Saranummi
VTT Information Technology
Human Interaction Tech
P.O. Box 1206
Sinitaival 6
33101 Tampere
Finland
niilo.saranummi@vtt.fi

Dr. E.R. Siegel
USA
siegel.consulting@gmail.com

Prof. T. Solomonides
Faculty of the Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
BS16 1QY Bristol
United Kingdom
tony.solomonides@uwe.ac.uk

Dr. P. Wilson
Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco Systems, Pegasus Park
De Kleetlaan 6A
1831 Diegem
Belgium
petrwils@cisco.com