Overview
- The book will appeal to a wide audience
- Its problem-solving approach serves as both an ideal teaching tool for informatics students and as a useful guide for professionals in charge of systems implementation in health care settings
- The vision of this book is unique to the field of Health Informatics as it immerses readers in the basis and use of reference terminologies, including the guidelines needed to use them safely
- Several in-depth examples cover the field of concept-based indexing, allowing readers to experience its effectiveness in real situations without having to employ the technique
Part of the book series: Health Informatics (HI)
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“The clear, direct prose with its balance of breadth and depth, survey and explanation make the book suitable for both novice and advanced students of healthcare informatics, and the numerous definitions and concise style make it a handy reference for healthcare professionals. … this book provides useful lists of terminology standards, implementations, and systems. … A valuable addition to Springer’s influential Health Informatics series, it will prove helpful to students and useful in libraries.” (Frank Ritchel Ames, Doody’s Review Service, September, 2012)
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Book Title: Terminology and Terminological Systems
Editors: Peter L. Elkin
Series Title: Health Informatics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2816-8
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6969-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-2816-8Published: 11 May 2012
Series ISSN: 1431-1917
Series E-ISSN: 2197-3741
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 221
Topics: Health Informatics