Temporal Information Systems in Medicine

• Main Authors: Combi, Carlo (Author), Keravnou-Papailiou, Elpida (Author), Shahar, Yuval (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Data structures (Computer science).; Computers.; Database management.; Artificial intelligence.; Biomedical engineering.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Database Management.; Biomedical Engineering.; Models and Principles.

The effective and efficient use of information systems in health care organizations and services is a vital element of the quality of life worldwide. The modeling of time has attracted interest from a number of research communities, each addressing aspects from its specific sphere of interests. The...

Table of Contents:

• The role of Time in Medicine
• Fundamentals
• Temporal Modeling and Temporal Reasoning
• Temporal Databases
• Temporal Reasoning and Maintenance in Medicine
• Temporal Clinical Databases
• Abstraction of Time-Oriented Clinical Data
• Time in Clinical Tasks
• Time in Clinical Diagnosis
• Automated Support to Clinical Guidelines and Care Plans
• The Display of Time-Oriented Clinical Information
• Displaying Time-Oriented Clinical Data and Knowledge.