The engines of Hippocrates : from the dawn of medicine to medical and pharmaceutical informatics /
Barry Robson, O.K. Baek
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009
- xii, 598 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Wiley series on technologies for the pharmaceutical industry .
- Wiley series on technologies for the pharmaceutical industry .
Includes bibliographical references and index
A short preview of mankind, medicine, molecules, and machines -- From prehistory to Hippocrates -- The road to the new medicine -- The imminent challenge : medicine as an industry -- The next decade : personalized medicine and the digital patient record -- Enforcing your rights : medical ethics, consent, privacy, and IT -- Holistic medicine and IT -- Architecting it all -- Guardian angels : knowing our molecules, drug and vaccine design, medical decision support, medical vigilance and defense -- What next? At one with the engines of Hippocrates
9780470289532 (cloth) 0470289538 (cloth)
Medical informatics Medical Informatics Computing Health Services--trends Man-Machine Systems Medical Informatics Applications