Hospital Information Systems. The Next Generation

Following an introduction to health care and trends in medical informatics, this study explores object-oriented hospital information systems and software engineering techniques. It covers hospital management systems and applications, such as cardiology, imaging and telemedicine.

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The first section of this text sets the scene of health care, describes trends in medical informatics and includes some fundamental principles of computer science. It demonstrates new ways of object-oriented HIS modelling and new software engineering techniques in open architectures that keep them vital and responsive to the user's expectations. The second part focuses on hospital management systems, discussing departmental information systems such as radiological, laboratory, nutrition and nursing. Finally, the book covers more medically-oriented applications such as cardiology, image management and telemedicine.