GUIDE TO HEALTH INFORMATICS 3ED (PB 2015) Paperback

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recommended the first edition of this book as essential reading for physicians entering medical informatics fellowships and highly recommended it for all doctors and medical students interested in this developing specialty. The 2004 British Medical Association (BMA) Book Awards Judging Panel described the current edition as a "simply brilliant introduction" to the rapidly evolving field, praising its comprehensiveness, up-to-dateness, and sophistication, and recommending it to all healthcare professionals. This key text offers a readable yet detailed overview of the fundamental concepts of information technologies in healthcare. Covering diverse areas such as electronic medical records, information retrieval, clinical protocols, communication systems, and the internet, Enrico Coiera effectively makes this extensive and complex subject accessible to non-specialists while providing medical informatics students with all the necessary knowledge for their studies.