Global Health Informatics
How Information Technology Can Change Our Lives in a Globalized World
- 1st Edition - December 8, 2016
- Latest edition
- Editors: Heimar Marin, Eduardo Massad, Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Roberto Jaime Rodrigues, Daniel Sigulem
- Language: English
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Description
Description
Global Health Informatics: How Information Technology Can Change Our Lives in a Globalized World discusses the critical role of information and communication technologies in health practice, health systems management and research in increasingly interconnected societies. In a global interconnected world the old standalone institutional information systems have proved to be inadequate for patient-centered care provided by multiple providers, for the early detection and response to emerging and re-emerging diseases, and to guide population-oriented public health interventions. The book reviews pertinent aspects and successful current experiences related to standards for health information systems; digital systems as a support for decision making, diagnosis and therapy; professional and client education and training; health systems operation; and intergovernmental collaboration.
Key features
Key features
- Discusses how standalone systems can compromise health care in globalized world
- Provides information on how information and communication technologies (ICT) can support diagnose, treatment, and prevention of emerging and re-emerging diseases
- Presents case studies about integrated information and how and why to share data can facilitate governance and strategies to improve life conditions
Readership
Readership
Graduate students in bioinformatics, computer science and epidemiology; healthcare workers at all levels
Table of contents
Table of contents
Chapter 1. Global Health Informatics—An Overview
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Global Health Informatics
- Conclusions
- References
Chapter 2. National Health Information Systems and Health Observatories
- Abstract
- National Health Information Systems and Health Observatories: Resources for Evidence-Based Decision-Making
- Data, Information, Knowledge, and Intelligence
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Historical, Surveillance, and Monitoring Data
- HOs Have Specific Needs for Data and Data Management
- Functional Components
- Operational Resources
- Systems Architecture
- Generation and Use of Knowledge and Intelligence
- Communication and Web Publishing
- Experience With NHIS and HOs
- Implementation Opportunities and Challenges
- Further Reading
Chapter 3. Information and Communication Technologies and Global Health Challenges
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Electronic Health Records
- Health Information Exchange
- Telemedicine
- Mobile Devices
- Social Media
- Conclusions
- References
Chapter 4. Standards for Global Health Information Systems
- Abstract
- The Key SDO Organizations
- Data Naming and Representation
- The Making of Standards
- Interoperability
- Looking to the Future
- References
Chapter 5. Data Systems and Global Health Informatics Research
- Abstract
- Barriers to Global Sharing of Health Data
- The US National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Data Repository
- General Remarks
- References
Chapter 6. Clinical Information Systems
- Abstract
- Introduction
- CISs Functions and Subsystems
- Organizational Aspects
- CIS Monitoring and Evaluation
- The Hospital Italiano Experience in Buenos Aires
- The HEGP Experience in Paris
- Discussion and Conclusion
- References
Chapter 7. The New Medicine: From the Paper Medical Record to the Digitized Human Being
- Abstract
- The Digitization of Healthcare Information
- Digital Medicine
- mHealth and the e-Patient
- Data Usage and Security
- Point of Care
- The Future: A New Medical Chart
- Final Considerations
- References
- End Notes
Chapter 8. Telemedicine, eHealth and Remote Care Systems
- Abstract
- Social Transformation Due to Teletechnology
- Computer Evolution and Cost Decline
- Telemedicine Technology Cheapening
- Changes in Health and Reconsideration of Telemedicine and eHealth
- Modern Telemedicine Activities
- Remote Care System
- Devices to Support Teleassistance
- Attention to Residence and Telehomecare
- Communication in Health—Interactive and Objective
- Education, Health Promotion, and Screening
- Virtual Reality Perspectives
- 3D Printers and Their Insertion in the eHealth World
- Perspectives—Next Stages—Graphene and Biochips
- Future of Telemedicine
- Acknowledgment
- References
Chapter 9. Analytics and Decision Support Systems in Global Health Informatics
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Data Analytics and Global Health
- Decision Support Systems and Global Health
- Conclusions and Future Directions
- References
Chapter 10. Patient Engagement and Digital Health Communities
- Abstract
- Patient Engagement
- Digital Health Communities
- Challenges and Opportunities
- Final Considerations
- References
- Further Reading
Chapter 11. Ethical and Transborder Issues
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Bioethics—The Bare Essentials
- Macroethics
- Bioethics of Information Technology: Key Components
- Bioethics of Infectious Diseases
- Macroethical Dilemmas in Public Health
- The “Classical” Approach to Vaccine Optimization
- Noninnocent Vaccines
- Nash Equilibrium
- Smallpox
- Yellow Fever
- Poliomyelitis
- Spillover: A Real Transborder Problem
- Importation and Exportation of Infections
- The Case of Ebola Exportation From West Africa
- The Case of Zika Virus Exportation From Brazil
- Coda
- References
Chapter 12. Intergovernmental Collaboration in Global Health Informatics
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Types of Actors in Intergovernmental Collaboration in Global Health Informatics
- Levels of Intergovernmental Collaboration
- How to Establish an Intergovernmental Collaboration in Global Health Informatics?
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- End Notes
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: December 9, 2016
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
HM
Heimar Marin
EM
Eduardo Massad
MG
Marco Antonio Gutierrez
RR
Roberto Jaime Rodrigues
DS