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Networking Health
Consumer health websites have garnered considerable media attention, but only begin to scratch the surface of the more pervasive transformations the Internet could bring to health and health care. Networking Health examines ways in which the Internet may become a routine part of health care delivery and payment, public health, health education, and biomedical research. Building upon a series of site visits, this book: Weighs the role of the Internet versus private networks in uses ranging from the transfer of medical images to providing video-based medical consultations at a distance. Reviews technical challenges in the areas of quality of service, security, reliability, and access, and looks at the potential utility of the next generation of online technologies. Discusses ways health care organizations can use the Internet to support their strategic interests and explores barriers to a broader deployment of the Internet. Recommends steps that private and public sector entities can take to enhance the capabilities of the Internet for health purposes and to prepare health care organizations to adopt new Internet-based applications.
Digital Medicine
Information technology has dramatically changed our lives in areas ranging from commerce and entertainment to voting. Now, policy advocates and government officials hope to bring the benefits of enhanced information technology to health care. Already, consumers can access a tremendous amount of medical information online. Some physicians encourage patients to use email or web messaging to manage simple medical issues. Increasingly, health care products can be purchased electronically. Yet the promise of e-health remains largely unfulfilled. Digital Medicine investigates the factors limiting digital technology's ability to remake health care. It explores the political, social, and ethical cha...
Diagnostic Applications of Health Intelligence and Surveillance Systems
Health surveillance and intelligence play an important role in modern health systems as more data must be collected and analyzed. It is crucial that this data is interpreted and analyzed effectively and efficiently in order to assist with diagnoses and predictions. Diagnostic Applications of Health Intelligence and Surveillance Systems is an essential reference book that examines recent studies that are driving artificial intelligence in the health sector and helping practitioners to predict and diagnose diseases. Chapters within the book focus on health intelligence and how health surveillance data can be made useful and meaningful. Covering topics that include computational intelligence, data analytics, mobile health, and neural networks, this book is crucial for healthcare practitioners, IT specialists, academicians, researchers, and students.
Internet, Telematics, and Health
This book is the final result of a team effort involving a large number of international experts, coordinated and led by Dr. Marcelo Sosa-Iudicissa, in Brussels, Dr. Nora Oliveri, in Buenos Aires, Dr. Carlos A. Gamboa, in Washington, and Ms. Jean Roberts, in England. They have attracted and assembled together the contributions of 80 specialists from over 20 countries in North America, Europe and Latin America. This makes the present book a unique publication, presenting a true global vision of the opportunities opened up by the advent of the Internet for doctors, health professionals, planners and managers, as well as for patients and the public at large, wanting to know more and better abou...
Physicians' Guide to the Internet
Netcruiser; Internet software included.
Medicine and the Internet
The Internet boils down to just two things - communication and information - both of which lie at the core of medical practice. The Internet's contribution to medicine is no longer mere potential. Rather, it offers the tangible inducements of efficiency, resource sharing, accessibility, knowledge procurement, and economy. This third edition of this original and best-selling book about the Internet for doctors and medical students has been completely revised and updated. The editor has assembled a team of expert contributors to produce an unmatched, compact volume of accurate information and respected opinion. The internet is here to stay and if you have thus far avoided getting online, now i...
Machine Learning and the Internet of Medical Things in Healthcare
Machine Learning and the Internet of Medical Things in Healthcare discusses the applications and challenges of machine learning for healthcare applications. The book provides a platform for presenting machine learning-enabled healthcare techniques and offers a mathematical and conceptual background of the latest technology. It describes machine learning techniques along with the emerging platform of the Internet of Medical Things used by practitioners and researchers worldwide. The book includes deep feed forward networks, regularization, optimization algorithms, convolutional networks, sequence modeling, and practical methodology. It also presents the concepts of the Internet of Things, the...
The Internet and Health Care
The Internet and Health Care: Theory, Research, and Practice presents an in-depth introduction to the field of health care and the Internet, from international and interdisciplinary perspectives. It combines expertise in the areas of the social sciences, medicine, policy, and systems analysis. With an international collection of contributors, it provides a current examination of key issues and research projects in the area. Methods and data used in the chapters include personal interviews, focus groups, observations, regional and national surveys, online transcript analysis, and much more. Sections in the book cover: *e-Health trends and theory; *searching, discussing, and evaluating online ...
Tabloid Medicine
From cancer to the common cold, Google has replaced the family doctor in dispensing advice about treatment options, side effects, and more. Unfortunately, much of the online health information is produced by people who know nothing about medicine or who stand to profit politically or financially by spreading fear and distrust of medical science. Alarmed by the consequences of using the Web and the power of panic to steer patients away from proven treatments, health policy expert and journalist Robert Goldberg, PhD, offers the ultimate antidote to the rising epidemic of mythical medical risks. Separating the facts from the fearmongering, Dr. Goldberg draws on his years at the helm of key rese...
