Starts with a description of telematics in primary healthcare, focusing on the need of the general practitioner for horizontal and vertical data transmission and support. This publication examines the basis for the development of telematics in primary healthcare with regard to ethical, social and organisational impact and consumer perspective.

The book presents a user-oriented methodology for formative (technology) assessment at the development of medical IT-based solutions throughout a system's life-cycle, i.e. from the conception of an idea to disposal of the materialized solution. The methodology developed was tested in a full scale prospective application. Three basic cognitions underpin the entire work: 1) the users of the medical application domain are responsible (and liable) for the level of quality of their service provision within the Healthcare scenario; 2) users are experts at their work (the Healthcare service), and...

The creation of a thesaurus de novo is always a daunting task, especially in such a multidisciplinary field as health care informatics. This thesaurus had its roots in a historical collection at the University of Missouri-Columbia where the literature of the field has been collected since the 1970s. However, not only is informatics a multidisciplinary field, but it is also a rapidly evolving field, Thus, the need to be current balanced the historical perspective of the early collection. Generally, we have chosen to use the current term when the same concept has changed its nomenclature and,...

This text provides rationales for virtual reality's applicability in clinical psychology. It reviews the relevant literature regarding theoretical and pragmatic issues for these applications, and provides descriptions of ongoing work developed world-wide.

This volume reports the achievements of Telenurse. Telenurse is a project within the R&TD programme of the EU dedicated to promoting the use of the International Classification for Nursing Practice as a common language for nursing in Europe.

This book addresses the meaning of the systolic function and diastolic function, how these can best be measured and interpreted, both now and in the future. This volume also covers topics like cardiac mechanics, flow dynamics, vascular properties, neural control of cardiovascular systems and pharmacological interventions. The book is of particular interest to biophysicists, bioengineers, cardiovascular physiologists, and clinicians.

This text provides information and scientific ideas with an emphasis on three-dimensional and morphological aspects of spine and trunk assymetry, improved understanding of mechanisms underlying the atiology, pathomechanism, and treatment of spinal deformity.

This publication is linked to the "Nightingale Project" which began in January 1996, and is central in planning and implementation of strategy in training in the nursing profession in using and applying healthcare information systems.

Discusses the clinical principles, human factors and technology issues associated with the use of virtual reality for assessment and treatement in neuro-psycho-physiology. The chapters are contributed by researchers who have pioneered the ideas and technology associated with this field.

'New Technologies in Hospital Information Systems' is launched by the European Telematics Applications Project 'Healthcare Advanced Networked System Architecture' (HANSA) with support of the GMDS WG Hospital Information Systems and the GMDS FA Medical Informatics. It contains 28 high quality papers dealing with architectural concepts, models and developments for hospital information systems. The book has been organized in seven sections: Reference Architectures, Modelling and Applications, The Distributed Healthcare Environment, Intranet Solutions, Object Orientation, Networked Solutions and...