"This book presents a sampling of the many applications utilizing GIS in the field of health, including needs of less …1. Race, class and place : directions for the future of public health / Gregory Pappas, Mohammed Akhter -- 2 …. Understanding health disparities through geographic information systems / Samuel Soret ... [et al.] -- 3. Using a GIS and the …

"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 … found between urban and rural health environments"--Provided by publisher. …

, use, and impact of information communication technologies in the context of health informatics and electronic healthcare … adoption and usage of health informatics. Gathering an in-depth collection of research articles and case studies from experts … worldwide, this handbook of research provides a global understanding of the advances in health informatics and electronic …

technology. This book provides an international perspective on the benefits of mobile health technology and describes examples … health care systems that provide quality patient care services. … / Ana Ferreira ... [et al.] -- Personal health records systems go mobile: defining evaluation concepts / Phillip Olla …

of contemporary ubiquitous health and medical informatics. Contributions highlight changes to healthcare distribution …Identifying the Emerging e-Health Technologies To Ubiquity 2.0 and Beyond / Sabah Mohammed, Jinan Fiaidhi -- Semantic … Interoperability Issue of Standardizing Medical Vocabularies / W. Ed Hammond -- Personal Health Records Status-Quo and Future …

Health-e-Child Project / David Manset ... [et al.] -- e-Infrastructures Fostering Multi-Centre Collaborative Research into …

Recent developments in e-health have enhanced the healthcare industry as well as expanded the role of medical … opened the door to health communication exploration. This handbook provides comprehensive coverage of the most important … international experts contributes a compendium of terms, definitions, and explanations for academicians and health professionals …

computer applications applied to healthcare and biomedicine. Innovative technologies in health information systems, medicine …, health services, and other areas in biomedicine are explored. The comprehensive chapters contained in this handbook of …Electronic Health Records / Olga Galani and Ageliki Nikiforou -- Security in Health Information Systems / Christina …

framework for health information systems / Lech J. Janczewski -- Health information management and individual privacy …