Progress in ubiquitous computing, social networking, medical informatics and IT technologies has resulted in a new generation of healthcare systems. This book provides insight into the various trends, innovations, and organizational challenges of contemporary ubiquitous health and medical...

"This book discusses public and private healthcare organizations by gathering perspectives on the differences in service, management, delivery, and efficiency and highlighting the impact of citizens and information technology in these healthcare processes"--Provided by publisher.

"This book is designed to introduce a community health group to the potential of using a Geographic Information System to improve birth outcomes. It provides an overview of why geography is important in the investigation of health, the importance of the main components of a GIS, how important...

The investigation of healthcare databases can be used to examine physician decisions and develop evidence-based treatment guidelines that optimize patient outcomes. This book demonstrates how concern for detail in datasets and the use of data mining techniques can extract important and...

"This book seeks to explore new opportunities and challenges in genomic commercialization by presenting a roadmap of current research and setting forth clear guidelines for how genomics can be wielded safely and ethically, in a manner concordant with public welfare, to address such problems as...

Manufacturing in a high cost environment: basis for future success on the national level / Göran Roos -- Competing from a high cost economy: what is the challenge to Australian public policy? / Ian Marsh -- Foundations for industrial rejuvenation: lessons from international and national...

In the healthcare field, there is limited literature published on the subject of global deployment, diffusion, adoption, use, and impact of information communication technologies in the context of health informatics and electronic healthcare applications. Due to a lack of such literature, those...

Grids are currently used in many sectors of life sciences, including basic sciences such as genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. This handbook brings together state-of-the art methodologies and developments of grid technologies applied in different fields of life sciences. It considers the...