"This book offers a framework for measuring quality of service in the healthcare industry as it pertains to nursing, with insight into how new technologies and the design of personalized medicine have improved quality of care and quality of life"--Provided by publisher.

"This book presents an overview of information and communication technologies and their impact on the field of both patient safety and e-health and highlights a better understanding of their interaction"--Provided by publisher.

"This book highlights current research and trends from both professionals and researchers on health informatics as applied to the needs of patient safety and quality care, offering theory and practical approaches for patient needs"--Provided by publisher.

Insights into the search behavior of non-medical professionals based on task difficulty and an evaluation against new generation medical information retrieval strategies / Anushia Inthiran, Saadat M. Alhashmi, Pervaiz K. Ahmed -- Indicating fields of inequalities regarding the access to health...

This book addresses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to the cutting-edge fields of online health and medical study. This compilation disseminates the latest findings in this growing area of research in order to transform, both socially and technologically, the way...

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 brings together high quality concepts closely related to how knowledge management can be utilized in healthcare. It includes the methodologies, systems, and approaches needed to create and manage knowledge in various types of healthcare organizations. Furthermore, it has a global...

"This book provides an extensive and rich compilation of international research, discussing the use, adoption, design, and diffusion of information communication technologies (ICTs) in healthcare, including the role of ICTs in the future of healthcare delivery; access, quality, and value of...

"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...

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...