Innovation in Health Informatics
A Smart Healthcare Primer
- 1st Edition - September 1, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Miltiadis Lytras, Akila Sarirete
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 0 4 3 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 0 4 4 - 9
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Request a sales quoteInnovation in Health Informatics: A Smart Healthcare Primer explains how the most recent advances in information and communication technologies have paved the way for new breakthroughs in healthcare. The book showcases current and prospective applications in a context defined by an imperative to deliver efficient, patient-centered and sustainable healthcare systems. Topics discussed include big data, medical data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual and augmented reality, 5g and sensors, Internet of Things, nanotechnologies and biotechnologies. Additionally, there is a discussion on social issues and policy- making for the implementation of smart healthcare.
This book is a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, practitioners, researchers, clinicians and data scientists who are interested in how to explore the intersections between bioinformatics and health informatics.
- Provides a holistic discussion on the new landscape of medical technologies, including big data, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual and augmented reality, 5g and sensors, Internet of Things, nanotechnologies and biotechnologies
- Presents a case study driven approach, with references to real-world applications and systems
- Discusses topics with a research-oriented approach that aims to promote research skills and competencies of readers
Graduate students and researchers in bioinformatics and medical informatics; clinicians; practitioners; data scientists
Section A. SMART HEALTHCARE IN THE ERA OF BIG DATA AND DATA SCIENCE1. Smart Healthcare: Emerging Technologies, Best Practices and Sustainable PoliciesMiltiadis D. Lytras, Anna Visvizi and Akila Sarirete2. Syndromic surveillance models using Web data: a systematic reviewLoukas Samaras3. Clinical Analytics: Fusion of Big Data and Clinical InformationAdil Rajput
Section B. ADVANCED DECISION MAKING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SMART HEALTHCARE 4. Clinical decision support for infection control in surgical carei5. Human Activity Recognition using Machine Learning Methods in a Smart Healthcare SystemAbdulhamit Subasi Sr.6. Application of Machine Learning and Image Processing for Detection of Breast CancerMuhammad Kashif7. Towards information preservation in healthcare systemsOmar El Zarif
Section C. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS FOR SMART HEALTHCARE 8. Security for Smart Healthcare and Medical Information SystemsYang Lu9. Cloud-based health monitoring framework using smart sensors and smartphoneAbdulhamit Subasi Sr.10. Mobile partogram - m-health technology in the promotion of parturient’s health in the delivery roomKarla Maria Carneiro Rolim11. Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Diabetic Retinal Screening: Concepts and Applications in the NHSMichael Kouroupis12. Virtual Reality and Sensors for the Next Generation Medical SystemsMiguel Felix Mata and Miguel Torres-Ruiz13. Portable Solution to Eye Examination for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection at an Earlier StageNighat Mir14. Improved Nodule Detection in Chest X-Rays using PCA FiltersMohammad A.U. Khan15. Characterizing IOMT/Personal Area Networks LandscapeAdil Rajput
Section D. SOCIAL ISSUES AND POLICY MAKING FOR SMART HEALTHCARE 16. Threats to Patients’ Privacy in Smart Healthcare EnvironmentSamara M. Ahmed17. Policy implications for smart healthcare – the international collaboration dimensionMiltiadis D. Lytras, Anna Visvizi and Akila Sarirete
Section E. APPENDIXES18. Smart heatlhcare project descriptions19. Teaching assignments
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 1, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 440
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128190432
- eBook ISBN: 9780128190449
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Miltiadis Lytras
Miltiadis D. Lytras is an expert in advanced computer science and management, with extensive experience in academia and the business sector in Europe and Asia. He is a Research Professor at Deree College—The American College of Greece and a Distinguished Scientist at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Lytras specializes in cognitive computing, information systems, technology-enabled innovation, social networks, and knowledge management. He has coedited over 110 high-impact special issues in ISI/Scopus-indexed journals and authored more than 80 books with international publishers. Additionally, he has published over 120 high-impact papers in top-tier journals such as IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering and the Journal of Business Research. With 25 years of experience in Research and Development projects, Dr. Lytras has been involved in more than 70 R&D projects globally. He holds senior editorial positions in prestigious journals and is the Founding Editor and Editor in Chief of the International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems.
Affiliations and expertise
Effat University, Computer Science Department, College of Engineering, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaAS
Akila Sarirete
Dr. Akila Sarirete is Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Effat University. She received her PhD degree in Computer Science and Knowledge Management. Her main research interests are in artificial intelligence, knowledge management, communities of practice, machine learning, big data, and service-oriented architectures. She presented her research work in several conferences in different countries. Dr. Sarirete has a vast experience in software development industry and software engineering. She is interested in engineering education, innovation, smart cities and villages especially, the human aspect and the collaborative work.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, College of Engineering, Deree College, The American College of Greece, Greece and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Effat University, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaRead Innovation in Health Informatics on ScienceDirect