"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. …

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 …

, Bradford Kirkman-Liff, Edward Smith -- 8. Engineering dependable health information systems / Khin Win, Peter Croll -- 9. e-Health …16. Aligning multiple knowledge perspectives in a health services system / Tanya Castleman, Paul Swatman, Danielle … healthcare quality in banner health / Twila Burdick, John Hensing, Bradford Kirkman-Liff, Pamela Nenaber, Howard Silverman, Maire …

"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 …

, 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 …

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 …

cost benefits and cost effectiveness, of advancing health information systems and informatics applications as innovative …Designing a M-health framework for conceptualizing mobile health systems / Phillip Olla, Joseph Tan -- Factors ….K. Hung -- The Internet and managing boomers and seniors' health / Christopher G. Reddick -- Data mining medical information …