As the health care industry becomes increasingly dependent on electronic information, the need for sophisticated information retrieval systems and for knowledgeable people to design, purchase, and use them also increases. Although a number of books have been devoted to the mechanics of on-line searching and the structure of general retrieval systems, no book has addressed the specific needs and concerns of health care information retrieval systems. Dr. Hersh's book fills that gap.

Information Retrieval: A Health Care Perspective

Medical Books

Hersh, William R.

Administration & Medicine Economics

Springer

For healthcare consumers and professionals who want to know more about how to find and decipher quality medical/health information, learn and investigate various internet search methods, and learn how to efficiently conduct a search. This book provides the above, plus over 1,750 medical/health related unduplicated, validated and categorized websites. 
The book is pocket-size, comb-bound for ease-of-use and is also available on CDROM (word 6.0/office'97, IBM compatible)

Internet Medical & Health, Searching & Sources Guidebook

Lindell, Colleen K.

Kc Press

A pocket-sized, third edition handy reference guide with nearly three thousand categorized medical-health websites reviewed and screened prior to publication. Chapters include: The quality of information on the WWW, Search methods, Search strategies, Medline & the NLM, Internet tips, Email, Net Etiquette, Comprehensive medical/health websites, Topic specific medical/health websites, State/Internation websites, Terms/Definitions, Index. The CDROM contains direct hyperlinks to all websites via word 6.0 formatting.

Computers & Technology

Lindell, Colleen

Web Development & Design

Kc Pr

Health Informatics: Practical Guide focuses on the application of information technology in healthcare to improve individual and population health, education and research. The goal of the seventh edition is to stimulate and educate healthcare and IT professionals and students about the key topics in this rapidly changing field. Dr. William Hersh from Oregon Health &amp; Science University is the co-editor and author of multiple chapters. Topics include Health Informatics (HI) overview, electronic health records, healthcare data analytics, health information exchange, architecture of information systems, evidence-based medicine, consumer health informatics, HI ethics, quality improvement strategies and more. The 22 chapters feature learning objectives, case studies, recommended reading, future trends, key points, conclusions and over 1800 references. It is available as a paperback and an eBook. Visit the textbook companion website at http://informaticseducation.org/ for more information.

Health Informatics: Practical Guide Seventh Edition

Science & Math

Hoyt, Robert E.

Biological Sciences

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