Computer Medical Databases The First Six Decades (1950–2010) /

• Main Author: Collen, Morris F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Health Informatics,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health informatics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Informatics.

We have witnessed the evolution of medical informatics over the past six decades as we have moved into the new information era. It is clear that computers have had and continue to have a major influence on all of medicine.   Computer Medical Databases: The First Six Decades (1950–2010) has been crea...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Prologue: The Evolution of Computer Databases
• Chapter 2 The Development of Medical Databases
• Chapter 3 Processing Text in Medical Databases
• Chapter 4 Primary Medical Record Databases
• Chapter 5 Specialized Medical Databases
• Chapter 6 Secondary Medical Research Databases
• Chapter 7 Bio-Surveillance & Claims Databases
• Chapter 8 Medical Knowledge Databases
• Chapter 9 Medical Bibliographic Databases
• Chapter 10 Epilogue.