Nursing and Clinical Technologies
Includes 14 Titles

Nursing and Clinical Technologies

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Including 14 scholarly titles focusing on nursing informatics, clinical technologies, biomedicine, and diagnostic technologies, this book bundle is well suited for university nursing programs and medical libraries.
Release date: November 1, 2010
ISBN13: 9781609607296|EISBN13: 9781609607302

Description

Technological advances over the last several decades have dramatically changed the face of medicine, making diagnosis and treatment faster and safer for patients. The areas of nursing informatics and clinical technologies are no exception and practitioners in these areas must stay up-to-date on the latest technological advances in their field in order to provide the best possible patient care.

The Nursing and Clinical Technologies book bundle is a specialized reference collection which supports research in the fields of nursing informatics and clinical technology. This premier package includes 14 scholarly titles focusing on nursing informatics, clinical technologies, biomedicine, and diagnostic technologies. These titles represent IGI Global’s unique coverage of the impact and effective use of technology within the areas of nursing informatics and clinical technology.

Topics Covered

  • Clinical Technologies

Books Included in this Collection

Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and Grid Computing
Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and Grid Computing
Manuela Pereira (University of Beira Interior, Portugal), Mario Freire (University of Beira Interior, Portugal). © 2011. 396 pages.
The massive volume of data that some medical and biological applications generate require special processing resources that guarantee privacy and security, creating a crucial need for cluster and grid computing. Biomedical Diagnostics and Clinical Technologies: Applying High-Performance Cluster and...
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Applications
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing Informatics: Concepts and Applications
Andrew Cashin (Southern Cross University, Australia), Robyn Cook (Sidra Medical & Research Center, Qatar). © 2011. 320 pages.
Because of the constant advances and dynamics within the nascent field of nursing informatics, many nurses struggle in practice as they continue to try and apply habitual communication practices in the new environment without any critical reflection on, and adaptation of, those practices....
Informatics in Oral Medicine: Advanced Techniques in Clinical and Diagnostic Technologies
Informatics in Oral Medicine: Advanced Techniques in Clinical and Diagnostic Technologies
Andriani Daskalaki (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany). © 2010. 346 pages.
Advancing medical technologies are now developing cutting-edge computer applications useful to the field of oral studies. Informatics in Oral Medicine: Advanced Techniques in Clinical and Diagnostic Technologies provides innovative research techniques on current technologies in the management of...
Cases on Health Outcomes and Clinical Data Mining: Studies and Frameworks
Cases on Health Outcomes and Clinical Data Mining: Studies and Frameworks
Patricia Cerrito (University of Louisville, USA). © 2010. 464 pages.
With the healthcare industry becoming increasingly more competitive, there exists a need for medical institutions to improve both the efficiency and the quality of their services. In order to do so, it is important to investigate how statistical models can be used to study health outcomes. Cases on...
Ubiquitous Health and Medical Informatics: The Ubiquity 2.0 Trend and Beyond
Ubiquitous Health and Medical Informatics: The Ubiquity 2.0 Trend and Beyond
Sabah Mohammed (Lakehead University, Canada), Jinan Fiaidhi (Lakehead University, Canada). © 2010. 728 pages.
Progress in ubiquitous computing, social networking, medical informatics and IT technologies has resulted in a new generation of healthcare systems. Ubiquitous Health and Medical Informatics: The Ubiquity 2.0 Trend and Beyond provides insight into the various trends, innovations, and organizational...
Clinical Data Mining for Physician Decision Making and Investigating Health Outcomes: Methods for Prediction and Analysis
Clinical Data Mining for Physician Decision Making and Investigating Health Outcomes: Methods for Prediction and Analysis
Patricia Cerrito (University of Louisville, USA), John Cerrito (Kroger Pharmacy, USA). © 2010. 370 pages.
The investigation of healthcare databases can be used to examine physician decisions and develop evidence-based treatment guidelines that optimize patient outcomes. Clinical Data Mining for Physician Decision Making and Investigating Health Outcomes: Methods for Prediction and Analysis demonstrates how...
Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry
Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry
Andriani Daskalaki (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany). © 2009. 406 pages.
Over the last 40 years, dental informatics has implemented numerous technological advancements and discoveries to become a medical research discipline of significant scale and scope. Dental Computing and Applications: Advanced Techniques for Clinical Dentistry presents the latest technological...
Handbook of Research on Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Imaging and Biomedical Applications
Handbook of Research on Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Imaging and Biomedical Applications
Themis P. Exarchos (University of Ioannina, Greece ), Athanasios Papadopoulos (University of Ioannina, Greece ), Dimitrios I. Fotiadis (University of Ioannina, Greece ). © 2009. 598 pages.
Biomedical imaging enables physicians to evaluate areas of the body not normally visible, helping to diagnose and examine disease in patients. The Handbook of Research on Advanced Techniques in Diagnostic Imaging and Biomedical Applications includes recent state-of-the-art methodologies that introduce...
Handbook of Research on Systems Biology Applications in Medicine
Handbook of Research on Systems Biology Applications in Medicine
Andriani Daskalaki (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany). © 2009. 982 pages.
Systems biology is the study of the interactions between the components of a biological system and the way these interactions lead to a specific function and behavior of that system. The Handbook of Research on Systems Biology Applications in Medicine presents concepts of the applications of systems...
Improved Signal and Image Interpolation in Biomedical Applications: The Case of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Improved Signal and Image Interpolation in Biomedical Applications: The Case of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Carlo Ciulla (Lane College, USA). © 2009. 640 pages.
Advances have been made in improved signal and image interpolation that derive a unified framework, thus achieving improvement of the approximation properties of the interpolation function regardless of its dimensionality or degree. Improved Signal and Image Interpolation in Biomedical Applications...
Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology
David Parry (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand), Emma Parry (University of Auckland, New Zealand). © 2009. 428 pages.
Women's health comprises a large range of activities including fertility and reproductive health and screening and treatment for gynecological conditions, with computer systems providing vital support. Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology provides industry knowledge and insight to...
Nursing and Clinical Informatics: Socio-Technical Approaches
Nursing and Clinical Informatics: Socio-Technical Approaches
Bettina Staudinger (University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria), Victoria Höß (University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria), Herwig Ostermann (University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria). © 2009. 340 pages.
The field of nursing informatics is one of the fastest growing areas of medical informatics. As the industry grows, so does the need for obtaining the most recent, up-to-date research in this significant field of study. Nursing and Clinical Informatics: Socio-Technical Approaches gives a general...
Ubiquitous Cardiology: Emerging Wireless Telemedical Applications
Ubiquitous Cardiology: Emerging Wireless Telemedical Applications
Piotr Augustyniak (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland), Ryszard Tadeusiewicz (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland). © 2009. 430 pages.
The Internet and other technological developments are now playing increasing roles in consumer health and the delivery of health services. Ubiquitous Cardiology: Emerging Wireless Telemedical Applications provides developmental solutions and explanations for cardiovascular diagnostics. Useful to field...
Clinical Knowledge Management: Opportunities and Challenges
Clinical Knowledge Management: Opportunities and Challenges
Rajeev K. Bali (Coventry University, UK). © 2005. 334 pages.
Academics and practitioners working in the field of healthcare management need to effectively manage knowledge and KM. KM places value on the tacit knowledge that individuals hold within an institution and often makes use of IT to free up the collective wisdom of individuals within an organization....