Medical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine

by Edward Hance Shortliffe and Leslie E. Shortliffe, Edward H ; Perreault

The practice of modern medicine and biomedical research requires sophisticated information technologies with which to manage patient information, plan diagnostic procedures, interpret laboratory... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387984720
• ISBN13: 9780387984728
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 854 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview

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.