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| 1. |  | | Developments in Healthcare Information Systems and Technologies: Models and Methods The need for continual development and transformation of healthcare information systems is evident, though progress in this arena is often met with a significant number of challenges.
Developments in Healthcare Information Systems and Technologies: Models and Methods presents the latest research in healthcare information systems design, development, and deployment, benefiting researchers, practitioners, and students.
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| 3. |  | | Human Resources in Healthcare, Health Informatics and Healthcare Systems While many countries enjoy the benefits of modern healthcare systems and social and economic policies that improve life expectancy, many countries still have high maternal and infant mortality rates, struggle with infectious diseases, and face critical human resource shortages in healthcare.
Human Resources in Healthcare, Health Informatics and Healthcare Systems addresses two major problems that threaten the health of the human race.
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| 4. |  | | Grid Technologies for E-Health: Applications for Telemedicine Services and Delivery Grid computing has emerged as an important new field, distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on large-scale resource sharing and innovative applications as well as an establishment for the creation of e-health networks.
Grid Technologies for E-Health: Applications for Telemedicine Services and Delivery examines innovations to further improve medical management using grid computing.
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| 7. |  | | Intelligent Medical Technologies and Biomedical Engineering: Tools and Applications Technology has made it possible to bridge such distinct fields as engineering and medicine, creating systems with benefits that people could have never before imagined.
Intelligent Medical Technologies and Biomedical Engineering: Tools and Applications helps young researchers and developers understand the basics of the field while highlighting the various developments over the last several years.
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| 8. |  | | Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives With the unprecedented advancements in computing power coupled with the societal movement towards inclusive settings, there is no better time than today to strive for assistive technology equity in terms of universal implementation within a transdisciplinary perspective.
The Handbook of Research on Human Cognition and Assistive Technology: Design, Accessibility and Transdisciplinary Perspectives marks a critical milestone in the history of implementation and practice of assistive te...
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| 10. |  | | Cellular Automata and Complex Systems: Methods for Modeling Biological Phenomena Cellular Automata (CA) are a class of spatially and temporally discrete mathematical systems characterized by local interaction and synchronous dynamical evolution, which show complex behavior and are able to model biological phenomena.
Cellular Automata and Complex Systems: Methods for Modeling Biological Phenomena describes the use of cellular automata to provide important insights into a vast range of physical, biological, social, economic and psychological phenomena.
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| 11. |  | | Ubiquitous Health and Medical Informatics: The Ubiquity 2.0 Trend and Beyond Progress in ubiquitous computing, social networking, medical informatics and IT technologies has resulted in a new generation of healthcare systems.
Ubiquitous Health and Medical Informatics: The Ubiquity 2.0 Trend and Beyond provides insight into the various trends, innovations, and organizational challenges of contemporary ubiquitous health and medical informatics.
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| 12. |  | | Pervasive and Smart Technologies for Healthcare: Ubiquitous Methodologies and Tools Pervasive healthcare is an emerging discipline concerning the application of wireless, mobile, and intelligent technologies to certain healthcare issues. Such issues within healthcare systems include the increased incidence of lifestyle-related diseases and chronic illnesses, the need to educate individuals on the management of their own health, the rise of consumerism in healthcare, and also the need to provide direct access to healthcare services, irrespective of time and place.
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| 13. |  | | Healthcare and the Effect of Technology: Developments, Challenges and Advancements Healthcare is significantly affected by technological advancements, as technology both shapes and changes health systems locally and globally. As areas of computer science, information technology, and healthcare merge, it is important to understand the current and future implications of health informatics.
Healthcare and the Effect of Technology: Developments, Challenges and Advancements bridges the gap between today’s empirical research findings and healthcare practice.
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| 14. |  | | Biomedical Knowledge Management: Infrastructures and Processes for E-Health Systems The Internet and other technological developments are now playing increasing roles in the management of knowledge within consumer health behavior and the delivery of health services.
Biomedical Knowledge Management: Infrastructures and Processes for E-Health Systems provides multidisciplinary best practices and experiences in knowledge management relevant to the healthcare industry.
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