Health Informatics in the Cloud
Despite its high cost, the US healthcare system produces relatively short life spans, and is wasteful, inefficient and has serious safety and quality issues. While other industries have surmounted similar challenges by transforming themselves throug
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Series Editors Stan Zdonik Peng Ning Shashi Shekhar Jonathan Katz Xindong Wu Lakhmi C. Jain David Padua Xuemin Shen Borko Furht V.S. Subrahmanian Martial Hebert Katsushi Ikeuchi Bruno Siciliano
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Mark L. Braunstein
Health Informatics in the Cloud
Mark L. Braunstein Professor of the Practice School of Interactive Computing College of Computing Associate Director for Health Systems Institute for People and Technology Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-5628-5 ISBN 978-1-4614-5629-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5629-2 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012948134 © The Author(s) 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To Rowena, my wife and the “real physician” in the family. She has always kept me grounded in the realities of medical practice and the healthcare system and well stocked with her world class baked goods.
Preface
This book is intended to help students and other interested readers gain basic proficiency in health1 informatics, the application of computing to healthcare delivery, public health and community-based clinical research. This is distinct from the related field of bioinformatics, which explores th
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