Computer applications in industry and technology

A timely work describing how localized hospital-based health technology assessment (HB-HTA) complements general, 'arms-length' HTA agency efforts, and what has been the collective global impact of HB-HTA across the globe.

In this volume, scientists and practitioners write about new methods and technologies for improving the operation of health care organizations.

This book is the first comprehensive text on utilization management in the clinical laboratory and other ancillary services.

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Exploring Service Science (IESS), held in Bucharest, Romania, in May 2016.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health, MindCare 2015, held in Milan, Italy, in September 2015.

Building on the success of the previous editions, this fully updated book once again brings together worldwide experts to illustrate the underlying science and day-to-day use of decision support systems in clinical and educational settings.

Thisbook constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conferenceon Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, IWBBIO 2016, held in Granada,Spain, in April 2016.

This book constitutes therefereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on PersuasiveTechnology, PERSUASIVE 2016, held in Salzburg, Austria, in April 2016.

This practical text provides an overview of the adverse consequences of health information technology (HIT) and its impact on patient safety.

This book introduces ongoingreflections within the research community on established information systemsdevelopment topics and emerging concepts, approaches and ideas in the field ofhealthcare information systems.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereedpost-conference proceedings of the Second International Workshop on ComputerAssisted and Robotic Endoscopy, CARE 2015, held in conjunction with MICCAI2015, in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.

This book provides an introduction to health interoperability and the main standards used.

This book provides innovative practical suggestions regarding the production and management of medical records that are designed to address the inconsistencies and errors that have been highlighted especially in relation to national eHealth programs.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Imaging and Modelling Challenges, STACOM 2015, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2015, in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereedpost-conference proceedings of the International Conference for Smart Health,ICSH 2015, held in Phoenix, AZ, USA, in November 2015.

Medicineand health care are currently faced with a significant rise in theircomplexity.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in January 2015.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereedproceedings of the International Conference on Communication Technologies forAgeing Well and e-Health, ICT4AgeingWell 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May2015.

This volume constitutes the papers presented at the 15thInternational Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2015, heldin February 2015 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

The twovolume set LNAI 9413 + 9414 constitutes the proceedings of the 14thMexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2015, heldin Cuernavaca,.

This bookconstitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on FutureAccess Enablers for Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures, FABULOUS 2015,held in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, in September 2015.

The two volume set LNAI 9413 + LNAI 9414 constitutes theproceedings of the 14th Mexican International Conference on ArtificialIntelligence, MICAI 2015, held in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the refereedconference proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Big DataAnalytics, BDA 2015, held in Hyderabad, India, in December 2015.

This book summarizes various approaches for theautomatic detection of health threats to older patients at home living alone.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2014, held in Angers, France, in March 2014.

This innovative reference examines how consumer health informatics (CHI) can transform healthcare systems stressed by staffing shortages and budget constraints and challenged by patients taking a more active role in their care.

This is a practical book for health and IT professionals who need to ensure that patient safety is prioritized in the design and implementation of clinical information technology.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedingsof the First International Conference on Ambient Intelligence for Health,AmIHEALTH 2015, held in Puerto Varas, Chile, in December 2015.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings at PAKDD Workshops 2015, held in conjunction with PAKDD, the 19th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in May 2015.

This book is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary resource for the latest information on implantable medical devices, and is intended for graduate students studying electrical engineering, electronic instrumentation, and biomedical engineering.

This book constitutes thoroughly revised and selected papers from the Second International Congress on Sports Science Research and Technology Support, icSPORTS 2014, held in Rome, Italy, in October 2014.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, MLMI 2015, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2015, in Munich in October 2015.

The three-volume set LNCS 9349, 9350, and 9351 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, held in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.

The three-volume set LNCS 9349, 9350, and 9351 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, held in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.

The three-volume set LNCS 9349, 9350, and 9351 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2015, held in Munich, Germany, in October 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Workshop on Multimodal Retrieval in the Medical Domain, MRMD 2015, held in Vienna, Austria, on March 29, 2015.

This book provides a systematic and comparative description of the vast number of research issues related to the quality of data and information.

This book provides a principled approach to classification using the available data in a model which combines information from the social network and the healthcare models.

This important new volume presents recent research in healthcare information technology and analytics.

This books provides content that arms clinicians with the core knowledge and competencies necessary to be effective informatics leaders in health care organizations.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM 2015, held in Valencia, Spain, in September 2015, in conjunction with DEXA 2015.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Data Integration in the Life Sciences, DILS 2015, held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in July 2015.

The two-volume set LNCS 9184-9185 constitutes the constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2015.

The two-volume set LNCS 9184-9185 constitutes the constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2015.

This book provides readers with an integrative overview of the latest research and developments in the broad field of biomedical engineering.

Healthcare Information Management Systems, 4th edition, is a comprehensive volume addressing the technical, organizational and management issues confronted by healthcare professionals in the selection, implementation and management of healthcare information systems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2015, held in Chicago, IL, USA in June 2015.

This book introduces a new cyberphysical system that combines clinical and basic neuroscience research with advanced data analysis and medical management tools for developing novel applications for the management of epilepsy.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging, IPMI 2015, held at the Sabhal Mor Ostaig College on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, in June/July 2015.

This book brings a comprehensive treatise about obesity, examining the measures that can be taken to stop and even reduce obesity if these right measures are taken in time.