Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics)
June 29, 2010 by biotechbillboard.com
Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics)
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Review by reader for Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics)
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I didn’t think I’d like this book very much when I found I had to order it for a class I’m taking (Introduction to Medical Informatics). It’s fairly dense, but I found that it is dense in a good kind of way. Each chapter reads like a good overview of the subject. As I’ve progressed through the book I find very little lacking. It offers nearly complete information on every aspect of the subject matter. Someone who didn’t know something ever existed before reading this book could come away with a good grasp of the subject and have references to follow up for a more complete view. It doesn’t read like literature, but thankfully it is broken up into small easily digestible sections.
There are probably other texts that are easier to read because of style. This one is very strong on content and won’t leave gaps. It might have you asking the right kind of question when finished, but that is the whole point, isn’t it?
Review by William Holt for Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics)
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I am using this book in a graduate level course and find it to be very complete in its discussion of this broad topic. The author, Shortliffe, is now President of the American Medical Informatics Association. If you purchase this book, you will be doing best to get just the textbook, and not the digital version, the so-called “Upgrade” to read online.
The annotations features for highlighting and leaving bookmarks are almost always “temporarily unavailable”. I was surprised to find out today that I had reached the “usage limit” on reading my book online, and was denied further access. That was a pretty big shock to me, as I had paid to be able to access the book when i did not want to carry around the rather heavy textbook.
When you are locked out of the book, you are not given any method for rectifying this except to send an email to customer service.
I won’t be purchasing the digital media “Upgrades” to any more Amazon books.
Despite that experience, you will be very happy you bought this if you have any interest in biomedical informatics. Note that this does focus on the “medical” side of biomedical informatics, and is not a bioinformatics primer.
Review by T. Atolagbe for Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics)
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A very comprehensive book that touches on the various hallmarks on how IT, Computer Science, and Healthcare services mingle with each other to formulate different scenarios and postulations of what is and what could be in how an industry is adapting to the ever growing field of medical informatics.
Review by Terry for Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics)
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Everyone in the field of medical informatics knows Ed Shortliffe. He has done a lot of pioneering work in the field. However, I think this book was just so-so. It is a brief overview of the field of informatics. I found it difficult to read – nothing in the book “grabs” me.
I wouldn’t recommend it, really. It may be worth a look because it is authored by Shortliffe.
Review by Marina B. Sobolevskaya for Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (Health Informatics)
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I received my text book 3 days after I purchased it. The book is in the great shape. I am very satisfied the services provided by the seller. Thanks.