Complexity in Medical Informatics

Medical Informatics: Concepts and Applications

Medical Informatics is a developing body of knowledge concerned with the use of information and communication technology in support of medical research, education and also for promoting health care delivery. The field focuses on the biomedical information, patient data, and also acquisition, storage, retrieval and optimal use of information for problem solving and decision making. The goal of m...

Advances in Medical informatics

Due to demographic change, more elderly people have the need to preserve and support mobility by car despite age-related functional limitations. Since accidents by the elderly are primarily caused by age related limitations, and not by careless or irresponsible behavior, it may be beneficial to detect driving impairing conditions. The presented review gives an overview of technologies to detect...

Professionalism in medical informatics.

Code of Ethics of medical informatics in Asia and America

Nowadays, using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in health care with the aim of creating tools for diagnosing and treating diseases has proposed a new debate on the code of ethics. The raised ethical issues are beyond privacy and security, and have been the most important sources of debate and ethical questions in these professions.  

Basic concepts in medical informatics.

This glossary defines terms used in the comparatively young science of medical informatics. It is hoped that it will be of interest to both novices and professionals in the field.