Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology

David Parry, Emma Parry
Indexed In: SCOPUS
Release Date: November, 2008|Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 428
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-078-3
ISBN13: 9781605660783|ISBN10: 1605660787|EISBN13: 9781605660790
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Description:

Women's health comprises a large range of activities including fertility and reproductive health and screening and treatment for gynecological conditions, with computer systems providing vital support.

Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology provides industry knowledge and insight to challenges in the areas of informatics that are important to women's health. Covering topics such as ethical and legal issues, imaging and communication systems, and electronic health records, this Medical Information Science Reference publication provides medical libraries and researchers, as well as medical students, health technology specialists, and practicing physicians and nurses with unrivaled data on the role of technology in obstetrics and gynecology.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Computer assisted cervical cytology
  • Computerizing the CTG
  • Electronic health record
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Electronic infomration sources
  • Gynecology
  • Imaging and communication systems
  • Informatics in midwifery
  • Informatics in women's health
  • Medical Informatics
  • Obstetrics
  • Ovarian cancer care
  • Tele-obstetrics
  • Wireless and mobile applications
  • Women's healthcare
Reviews & Statements

This book provides an introduction for a new enthusiast whatever field they come from and in depth chapters from leading authors in their respective fields.

– David Parry, University of Auckland, New Zealand

This collection explores the application of information technology to obstetrics and gynecology, and addresses the challenges of properly using health information from the internet and evaluating IT performance in health care.

– Book News Inc. (March 2009)

This book covers a wide range of subjects, from a quick survey of general obstetrics and gynecology to the management of information technology on a complex hospital ward.

– Doody Enterprises, Inc. (2009)
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David Parry is a senior lecturer in the Auckland University of Technology School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences New Zealand. His PhD thesis was concerned with the use of fuzzy ontologies for medical information retrieval. He holds degrees from Imperial College and St. Bartholomew’s Medical College (London), Auckland University of Technology and the University of Otago (New Zealand). His research interests include internet-based knowledge management and the semantic web, health informatics, the use of radio frequency ID in healthcare and information retrieval.
Emma Parry (FRANZCOG CMFM) is a senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland. Her main interests over the last few years have been induction of labour rates and the techniques used to achieve labour induction. Her MD thesis is titled ‘Induction of Labour: How, Why and When?’. She has also been involved in looking at obstetricians views on induction of labour and caesarean section. She is a trained sub-specialist in maternal-fetal medicine.
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