(BQ) Ebook “ABC of health informatics” has contents: What is health information, is a consultation needed, why is this patient here today, how decision support tools help define clinical problems, how computers can help to share understanding with patients, how informatics tools help deal with patients’ problems, and other contents. | ABC OF HEALTH INFORMATICS ABC OF HEALTH INFORMATICS FRANK SULLIVAN NHS Tayside professor of research and development in general practice and primary care, University of Dundee JEREMY C WYATT Professor of health informatics, University of Dundee Blackwell Publishing © 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd BMJ Books is an imprint of the BMJ Publishing Group Limited, used under licence Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 350 Main Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-5020, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of the Author to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First published 2006 1 2006 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sullivan, Frank (Frank M.) ABC of health informatics/Frank Sullivan, Jeremy C. Wyatt. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7279-1850-5 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7279-1850-8 (alk. paper) 1. Medical informatics. I. Wyatt, J. ( Jeremy) II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Medical Informatics. W S949a 2006] 2006 —dc22 2005037646 ISBN-13: 978 0 7279 1850 5 ISBN-10: 0 7279 1850 8 A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library Cover image is courtesy of Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library Set by BMJ Electronic Production Printed and bound in Singapore by COS Printers Pte Ltd Commissioning Editor: Eleanor Lines Editorial Assistant: Victoria Pittman Development Editor: Sally Carter/Nick Morgan Production Controller: Debbie Wyer For further information on .
