Advancements in medical and healthcare technologies pave the way to improving treatments and diagnoses while also streamlining processes to ensure the highest quality care is given to patients. In the last few decades, revolutionary technology has radically progressed the healthcare industry by increasing life expectancy and reducing human error. Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Medicine and Healthcare provides emerging research on bioinformatics, medical ethics, and clinical science in modern applications and settings. While highlighting the challenges medical practitioners and healthcare professionals face when treating patients and striving to optimize their processes, the book shows how revolutionary technologies and methods are vastly improving how healthcare is implemented globally. This book is an important resource for medical researchers, healthcare administrators, doctors, nurses, biomedical engineers, and students looking for comprehensive research on the advancements in healthcare technologies.
Author(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour
Series: Advances in Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care (AMDTC)
Publisher: Medical Information Science Reference
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 420
City: Hershey
Title Page
Copyright Page
Book Series
List of Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Bioinformatics
Chapter 1: Bioinformatics
Chapter 2: Bioinspired Solutions for MEMS Tribology
Chapter 3: Building Gene Networks by Analyzing Gene Expression Profiles
Chapter 4: Concerns and Challenges of Cloud Platforms for Bioinformatics
Section 2: Biology
Chapter 5: GWAS as the Detective to Find Genetic Contribution in Diseases
Chapter 6: RNA Interference Therapeutics and Human Diseases
Section 3: Clinical Science and Technologies
Chapter 7: A Gamification Update to the Taxonomy of Technology and Mental Health
Chapter 8: Heart Sound Analysis for Blood Pressure Estimation
Chapter 9: Sociological Perspectives on Improving Medical Diagnosis Emphasizing CAD
Section 4: Healthcare Administration
Chapter 10: Electronic Health Record (EHR) Diffusion and an Examination of Physician Resistance
Chapter 11: Internet of Things Applications for Healthcare
Chapter 12: Maintenance Policies Optimization of Medical Equipment in a Health Care Organization
Chapter 13: The Optimal Workforce Staffing Solutions With Random Patient Demand in Healthcare Settings
Chapter 14: Using Technology to Reduce a Healthcare Disparity
Section 5: Health Information Systems
Chapter 15: Challenges and Implications of Health Literacy in Global Health Care
Chapter 16: Cyber Behaviors in Seeking Health Information
Chapter 17: Information Systems and Technology Projects in Healthcare Organizations
Chapter 18: Peer-to-Peer Health-Related Online Support Groups
Chapter 19: Software Evaluation From the Perspective of Patients and Healthcare Professionals
Chapter 20: Technology Design and Routes for Tool Appropriation in Medical Practices
Chapter 21: Trends in Health Care Information Technology and Informatics
Chapter 22: User Resistance to Health Information Technology
Section 6: Medical Education, Ethics, and Law
Chapter 23: Comprehensive E-Learning Appraisal System
Chapter 24: Flipping the Medical School Classroom
Chapter 25: Integrating Evidence-Based Practice in Athletic Training Though Online Learning
Chapter 26: Integrating Web-Based Technologies Into the Education and Training of Health Professionals
Chapter 27: Interactivity in Distance Education and Computer-Aided Learning, With Medical Education Examples
Chapter 28: Medical Equipment and Economic Determinants of Its Structure and Regulation in the Slovak Republic
Chapter 29: Use of Technology in Problem-Based Learning in Health Science
Section 7: Medical Technologies
Chapter 30: Defining and Characterizing the Landscape of E-Health
Chapter 31: Kinect Applications in Healthcare
Chapter 32: Neuroscience Technology and Interfaces for Speech, Language, and Musical Communication
Chapter 33: Personalized Medicine
Chapter 34: Pervasive Mobile Health
Chapter 35: Radio Frequency Identification Technologies and Issues in Healthcare
Chapter 36: Social Telerehabilitation
Chapter 37: A Validation Study of Rehabilitation Exercise Monitoring Using Kinect
Chapter 38: Virtual Reality as Distraction Technique for Pain Management in Children and Adolescents
Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index
