Internet, Telematics and Health
In: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics v.36
Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Memorabilia: A Homage to a Medical Informatics Pioneer -- Eulogy and Introduction to the "de Dombal" Paradigm -- Tim de Dombal 1937-1995 -- Let Me Through - I'm A Computer -- A COMPUTER-ASSISTED SYSTEM FOR LEARNING CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS -- Computer-aided Diagnosis of Acute Abdominal Pain -- Part I. General Basis -- Section 1. Medicine, Information and Knowledge -- Information: The Cornerstone of Medical Sciences -- Information Technology in Health -- The Health Informatics Wave and Decision Makers -- Health Information Systems in an Environment of Change -- Multi-Media Technologies and Health -- A World-Wide Association for Health Informaties (IMIA) -- Section 2. Information Technology -- Hardware, Operating Systems and Networks -- Software: Main Applications -- Multimodal User Interface -- Telecommunications: Present and Future -- Section 3. The Internet Revolution -- A Brief History of Internet -- Main Applications: Electronic Mail -- Main Applications: World Wide Web -- Other Applications: FTP, Telnet, Gopher and WAIS -- How to Access the Internet -- Section 4. Health Informatics andTelematics -- Medical Informatics and Telematics: Overview of European Research -- Computer-Based Health Records -- Medical Language and Terminologies -- Patient Health Cards -- Tele-medicine and Tele-care -- Computer-Assisted Decision Support -- Data Bases and Scientific Literature -- Educational Applications -- Health Informatics Standards -- Nursing Applications -- Security and Data Protection -- Virtual Reality and Minimally Invasive Techniques -- Section 5. Experiences around the World -- International Cooperation for Better Information Access: Onconet Project -- History and Future of Academic Computer Networking in Latin America and the Caribbean -- The Global Health Network GHNet -- An Ambitious ATM Medical Trial in Canada.