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Book SynopsisThe new challenges in healthcare education require new methodological approaches and transparent integration of technology enhanced learning approaches. Technology-Enhanced Healthcare Education promotes the best practices and lessons learnt from COVID-19 and highlights the importance and impact of using information systems to increase levels of health literacy. The chapter authors cover processes such as augmented or virtual reality to allow for distraction and decreased anxiety of the patient and services such as telemedicine and tele-consultation in the follow-up of non-acute patients. These are just a few ways in which health professionals can utilise information systems and transformative technology to increase the quality of health care, levels of health literacy and, thus, increase the health outcomes of their patients. Technology-Enhanced Healthcare Education is an innovative volume for health specialists, educators, higher education medical experts, medical school students and health management professionals. It is key reading for those looking to learn more about the latest developments on active and transformative learning within health education and medical technology (MedTech).Table of ContentsChapter 1. How Digital Health Gives Clues for a Better Health Literacy Patient Experience; Cristina Vaz De Almeida Chapter 2. Forty Definitions and Metaphors for Active and Transormative Learning in Chat Gpt Times: Chat Gpt as an Active and Transformative Technology Enhanced Learning Boost in Healthcare Education; Miltiadis D. Lytras Chapter 3. Mental Health and Higher Education Institutions. Next Steps To Well - Being; Isabel Maria Abreu Rodrigues Fragoeiro Chapter 4. Digital Library in Hospital the Case of Digital Neurotic Library to Achieve Better Health Literacy of Patients and Caregivers; Berta Maria Jesus Augusto, Carlos Manuel Santos Fernandes, and Sérgio Filipe Silva Abrunheiro Chapter 5. The Importance of Therapeutic Education on Chronical Diseases: The Potential of Digital Education; Cristina Valadas and Ana Matilde Cabral Chapter 6. Health Literacy and Diabetes: Challenges and Trends; Dulce Nascimento Do Ó, Ana Rita Goes, João Filipe Raposo, and Isabel Loureiro Chapter 7. Digital Health Literacy and Young People - A Network of Mutual Influences; Patrícia Martins, Diogo Franco Santos, and Cristina Vaz De Almeida Chapter 8. Walkingpad: The Patient Experience In Peripheral Artery Disease; Ivone Fernandes Santos Silva and Susana Pedras Chapter 9. Chronic Pain And Strategies To Improve Patient Health; Raul Marques Pereira Chapter 10. Acp Model – Assertiveness, Clarity, And Positivity – The Competencies of The New Era; Cristina Vaz De Almeida Chapter 11. Patient Safety Education And Digital Technology Contributes; Ana Marinho Diniz, Susana Ramos, Karina Pecora, and José Branco Chapter 12. The Economy & The Digital: Investments To Improve The Student Experience; Eduardo Manuel de Almeida Leite and Ana Miguel Ramos Leite Chapter 13. The Flipped Classroom The Flipped Classroom in Higher Education: A Bibliometric Review; Andreia De Bem Machado, Maria José Sousa, and Helena Belchior Rocha Chapter 14. Transformative Learning as a Bold Strategy for The Vision 2030 in Saudi Arabia: Moving Higher Healthcare Education Forward; Basim S. Alsaywid, Sarah Abdulrahman Alajlan, and Miltiadis D. Lytras

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Book SynopsisMassage, aromatherapy, reflexology and a variety of relaxation techniques are frequently used in hospices, supportive care settings and some hospitals. However, there are still gaps and limitations in the choices offered to patients. HEARTS (Hands-on, Empathy, Aromas, Relaxation, Textures, Sound) was devised to bridge this gap for complementary therapists, patients, carers and health care professionals. HEARTS can be used either on its own, or integrated with a conventional complementary therapy. It can also be used easily by health care workers (and carers) who are not qualified in any therapies. By discussing principles which may influence the effectiveness of touch and relaxation therapies, the book emphasises that there are 'easy' approaches that can be utilised when working with distressed and vulnerable patients.By developing an understanding of touch, aromas and the sound of the human voice, Combining Touch and Relaxation Skills for Cancer Care guides practitioners in helping their patients achieve a state of relaxation and calm as quickly and easily as possible.Trade ReviewWith this book, Ann has created a wonderful fusion of knowledge and narrative. She offers the reader a clear rationale as to why she incorporated each aspect of HEARTS into her practice. She leads us on a journey, showing the evolution of this precious technique, illustrating with case studies at every stage. Fantastic! -- Jacqui Stringer, Clinical Lead for Tissue Viability and Complementary Health & Wellbeing, Christie NHS TrustIn this book, Ann Carter masterly explains and illustrates the entire HEARTS process for professional users from a theoretical to a practical point of view. As HEARTS undoubtedly is a multisensorial technique much needed in these challenging times for the supportive care within the healthcare system, this is a must-read informative book for nurses and therapists working in cancer settings and palliative care. Excellent! -- Jonathan Benavides, Clinical aromatherapist, director Essentia Nobilis, HEARTS teacher, educator, counsellorThis is a helpful book for anyone who is dealing with cancer patients or the chronically ill who would like to give them some gentle touch therapy to alleviate pain and to nurture the emotions and spirits of the receiver. In fact it would be very pleasant for anyone to receive or to give. I hope HEARTS will contribute to more merit being given to touch therapy in general. -- Rachel Nicolle FwSS * Shiatsu Health Point *

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Book SynopsisThe field of forensic arts therapies is dynamic and diverse, and so this unique volume covers a fascinating range of work. It brings together a collection of presentations given at FATAG conferences, case studies, research, new developments in theory, and explorations in the peculiarities of forensic arts therapies: art, music, drama, and dance. Therapists work with male and female offenders in detained in prisons or secure health care units, or sometimes with patients involved in probation or counselling services, victim support, and other services and institutions concerned with understanding the causes and effects of crime. The experiences described are often difficult, but also very rewarding for all involved. Arts therapy (in any of its forms) regularly has a profound and beneficial effect on the life of an offender. This thought-provoking and enlightening work gives an insight into how these skilled professionals have been a necessary part of UK forensic services for more than four decades.The Forensic Arts Therapies Advisory Group (FATAG) is a voluntary organisation which aims to provide support, advice and opportunities for continuing professional development for arts therapists working in forensic or secure settings and trainee arts therapists on clinical placement in forensics. FATAG provides a safe space to share difficult, complex and, at times, painful work not easily shared amongst a non-forensic audience.Trade ReviewThis book is well overdue but the chapters evidence an authority in sensitive, creative and adaptive arts and psychotherapeutic approaches to the needs of an extremely complex patient group unable to access talking therapies. In this era in which CRES drives austerity in the NHS and prison service, the rigorous and in-depth thinking in this volume will enable practitioners to get creative and achieve clinical progression in offenders patients who would otherwise be stuck in the system; Estela Welldon. MD DSc (Hon) F.R.C.Psych.BPCHon. Memb. A.Psa.A. Founder & Honorary Life President. International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy Author of : Playing with Dynamite and 'Mother, Madonna, Whore'.

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Book SynopsisA wide variety of materials is being used in biomedical engineering for various functions. This includes a range of ceramics, polymers and metallic materials for implants and medical devices. A major question is how these materials will perform inside the body, which is very sensitive to alien materials. The material must not only survive to perform its intended function but also not initiate any damage to the surrounding tissue or induce a wider health problem. The service characteristics of implanted materials are of vital concern to health treatments that alleviate ageing.This book collates information and provides a concise text on the performance of different materials used in devices and implants. The knowledge presented is critical for a biomedical engineer, especially for the purpose of selecting the right materials. In addition, topics such as allergies and infection, tissue scaffolds, and drug delivery are reviewed.Table of ContentsPhysiological Environment of the Human Body; Implantation and Physiological Responses to Biomaterials; Orthopaedic Prostheses; Cardiac, Vascular and Neural Implants; Dental Implants; Bioartificial Pancreas and Bioartificial Liver; Implants and Biomaterials for External Bodily Functions and Cosmetic Advantage; Tissue Scaffolds; Physiological Reactions to External Support Systems; Drug Delivery Systems; Physiological Reaction to Medical Instrumentation and Disposal of Used Biomaterials.

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Book SynopsisThis text provides an examination of the monitoring of cardiac rhythms. After introductory chapters on the physiology of the cardiovascular system, and the difference between clinical and technical observations, it describes and discusses all forms of cardiac monitoring, including ECG, blood gases, acid-base balance, haemodynamic and central venous pressure.Table of ContentsEssential Anatomy and Physiology of The Cardiovascular System. Cardiovascular Monitoring - Clinical or Technical. Electrocardiographic monitoring. Slow Heart Rhythms. Fast Heart Rhythms. Ambulatory Monitoring of cardiac Rhythm. An Introduction to Haemodynamic Monitoring. Monitoring The central Venous and Arterial Blood Pressure. Haemodynamic Monitoring With pulmonary Artery Catheters. Monitoring Blood Gases and Acid-base balance.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a collection of accounts by internationally renowed experts on current techniques in the instrumental investigation of speech and disorders of speech.Table of ContentsRecording and Displaying Speech, Marcel A.a. Tatham et al. Spectrogrpahy, Alvirda Farmer. Electromyography, Michel Gentil and Walter H. Moore. Aerometry, James Anthony and Nigel Hewlett. Electrolaryngography, Evelyn abberton and Adrianfrocin. Electropalatography, William J. Hardcastle and Fiona Gibbon. Imaging Techniques, Martin J. Ball and Berthold Groene. Auditory phonetic Techniques, Chris Code. Time-variated Speech, Linda Riensche et al. A pc-based Experimentation, Assessment and Treatment Technique, Wolfram Ziegler et al.

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Book SynopsisPatients with difficult airways represent a clinical conundrum for anaesthetists. With a wide variety of presentations in both an elective and emergency setting, all anaesthetists need to be prepared to manage such a situation. This book consists of real-life clinical scenarios, describing how these were managed at the time and on reflection how their management could have been improved. Further discussion emphasises how any associated failures and complications could have been mitigated. Using a combination of up-to-date knowledge, advanced technology and clinical expertise, this book provides an invaluable resource for any specialist managing airways in a clinical environment. This book is an indispensable aide-mémoire for postgraduate doctors, physicians practising in the emergency department, intensive care specialists, anaesthesia associates and allied healthcare professionals in managing patients with a difficult airway.

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Book SynopsisThink - Plan - BuyThis is the first complete guide for creating a sustainable healthcare simulation program/center. It is created by experts in the field that are on the front lines of this emerging field. It is intended and written with all professions in mind, and should be a resource for all, be they healthcare educators, administrators, or executives. It covers specific elements of the entire process, from concept to execution, and identifies key decision points along the way. The book is organized around fundamental considerations in center and program development including governance, ​structural/facility and curricular design, business planning, to establishing policies and procedures. Chapters analyze the fundamental aspects of planning, such as budgeting, revenue streams, and philanthropy as well as the inclusion of educational resources within such programs.Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Program and Center Development is an invaluable addition to the Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation series, and features an authoritative authorship of experts in the field. Table of ContentsSection I: Business, Implementation, and Sustainability.- Chapter 1. Governance and Organizational Structure.- Chapter 2. Importance of Executive Buy-in.- Chapter 3. Establishing your Vision, Mission, and Strategy.- Chapter 4. Basic Business Planning .- Chapter 5. Implementation, Phases, and Project Management.- Chapter 6. Funding Sources and Fee Structures.- Chapter 7. Effective Budgeting: Putting it Together.- Section II: Facility Design, Supporting Equipment, and Technology.- Chapter 8. Facility Design Part I - Process Considerations.- Chapter 9. Facility Design Part II - Structure Considerations.- Chapter 10. Equipment Selection, Acquisition, and Maintenance.- Chapter 11. Simulation Audio Visual and Learning Management System Considerations.- Section III. Curriculum and Faculty Development.- Chapter 12. Curriculum Integration and Development.- Chapter 13. Faculty and Staff Development.- Section IV. Administration and Operations.- Chapter 14. Simulation Operations: An Overview.- Chapter 15. Effective Staffing, Recruitment, and HR Management.- Chapter 16. Policies and Procedures: Key Considerations.- Chapter 17. Evaluation, Metrics, and Measuring ROI/VOI.- Section V. Marketing & Partnerships.- Chapter 18. Communication, Marketing Plan, and Strategy.- Chapter 19. Collaborative Partnerships: Local, Regional, National, and Global.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a practically applicable guide to designing evidence-based medical apps and mHealth interventions. It features detailed guidance and case studies where applicable on the best practices and available techniques from both technological (platform technologies, toolkits, sensors) and research perspectives. This approach enables the reader to develop a deep understanding of how to collect the appropriate data and work with users to build a user friendly app for their target audience. Information on how researchers and designers can communicate their intentions with a variety of stakeholders including medical practitioners, developers and researchers to ensure the best possible decisions are made during the development process to produce an app of optimal quality that also considers usability. Developing Medical Apps and mHealth Interventions comprehensively covers the development of medical and health apps for researchers, informaticians and physicians, and is a valuable resource for the experienced professional and trainee seeking a text on how to develop user friendly medical apps.Table of ContentsIntroduction to mHealth.- Project development methodologies, management and data modelling.- Designing an mHealth intervention.- Application development and testing.- Data collection, storage and security.- Feeding back information to patients and users with visualisations.- Usability testing and deployment.- Designing an mHealth evaluation.- Data analysis methods.

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews the convergence technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare and how they can help all stakeholders in the healthcare sector. The book is a proficient guide on the relationship between AI, IoT and healthcare and gives examples into how IoT is changing all aspects of the healthcare industry. Topics include remote patient monitoring, the telemedicine ecosystem, pattern imaging analytics using AI, disease identification and diagnosis using AI, robotic surgery, prediction of epidemic outbreaks, and more. The contributors include applications and case studies across all areas of computational intelligence in healthcare data. The authors also include workflow in IoT-enabled healthcare technologies and explore privacy and security issues in healthcare-based IoT.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Remote Patient Monitoring Using IoT, Cloud Computing and AI.- The Internet of M-Health Things (m-IoT).- Healthcare Data Storage Options Using Cloud.- Cloud-based telemedicine ecosystem and adoption of AI.- The benefits and risks of Integrating IoT, AI in cloud services for healthcare.- Pattern Imaging Analytics using Artificial Intelligence techniques.- Identifying Diseases and Diagnosis using Artificial Intelligence.- Robotic Surgery.- Personalized Treatment with the help of IoT Artificial Intelligence and cloud.- Predicting Epidemic Outbreaks using IoT Artificial Intelligence and Cloud.- Crowd sourced Data Collection.- Maintaining Healthcare Records using Cloud storage.- Privacy and Security issues in health care based IoT.- IoT Healthcare Applications.- Applications of AI, IoT and Cloud computing in battling COVID-19.- Intelligent Health Informatics for Handling the COVID-19 Situation.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of the classic textbook on health informatics provides readers in healthcare practice and educational settings with an unparalleled depth of information on using informatics methods and tools. However, this new text speaks to nurses and — in a departure from earlier editions of this title — to all health professionals in direct patient care, regardless of their specialty, extending its usefulness as a textbook. This includes physicians, therapists, pharmacists, dieticians and many others. In recognition of the evolving digital environments in all healthcare settings and of interprofessional teams, the book is designed for a wide spectrum of healthcare professions including quality officers, health information managers, administrators and executives, as well as health information technology professionals such as engineers and computer scientists in health care. The book is of special interest to those who bridge the technical and caring domain, particularly nurse and medical informaticians and other informaticians working in the health sciences. Nursing Informatics: An Interprofessional and Global Perspective contains real-life case studies and other didactic features to illustrate the theories and principles discussed, making it an ideal resource for use within health and nursing informatics curricula at both undergraduate and graduate level, as well as for workforce development. It honors the format established by the previous editions by including a content array and questions to guide the reader. Readers are invited to look out of the box through a dedicated global perspective covering health informatics applications in different regions, countries and continents. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Health informatics: The science and practice of supporting the clinical workforce with data, information and knowledge.- TIGER: From nursing to interprofessional health informatics education.- TIGER: The impact of a global initiative on education and care.- TIGER: Ask the patient - An interprofessional perspective to engage clinicians and patients.- The 360° stakeholder perspective.- The patients' view.- The nurse's view.- The physician's view.- The pharmacist's view.- The therapist's view.- The CIO's view.- The view of health information management.- The CNIO's view.- The CMIO's view.- The CEO's view.- Data, Information and Knowledge.- Documentation and EHRs.- Information & knowledge management in patient care.- Quality & safety management.- Interoperable Systems.- Principles of health informatics.- Information & communication technology (applications): decision support.- Information & communication technology (applications): telehealth.- Information & communication technology (applications): smart mobile assistance.- Information Exchange and Information Sharing.- Interoperability & integration.- Care processes & IT integration.- Process management.- Interprofessional digitally enabled cooperation.- Population health and interoperability.- Data science.- Learning Healthcare System.- Data analytics, machine learning and visualisation.- Ethical and Legal Issues.- Data protection & security.- Cybersecurity.- Legal issues in health IT.- Ethics in health IT.- Education.- Teaching, training & education in healthcare.- (Learning techniques) - digital professionalism.- Global Workforce development.- Management.- Principles of management.- Strategic management.- Communication.- Leadership.- Change & stakeholder management.- Resource planning & management.- Global development - some examples.- Telehealth in developing countries.- Brasil: Clinical use of terminologies in patient care.- China: Mobile devices (NI education beyond borders).- Singapur.- Nigeria.- Japan.- Bangladesh.- Mali .- Canada.- Italy.- Conclusion.- Emergering Technologies (Augmented Reality, Machine Learning).- Outlook and Future.

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Book SynopsisThis extensively revised new edition comprehensively reviews the rise of clinical research informatics (CRI). Clinical Research Informatics presents a detailed review of using informatics in the continually evolving clinical research environment.

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Book SynopsisPredictive Analytics.- Machine Learning .- Artificial Intelligence .- Data Mining.- Clinical Risk Models.- Clinical Risk Stratification.- Data Science.- Causal Discovery.- Causal Inference.- Causal Discovery in Health Sciences.- Causal Inference In Health Sciences.- Ehr Data Analytics.- Medical Knowledge Discovery.- Biomedical Machine Learning.- Biomedical Artificial Intelligence.- Healthcare Machine Learning.- Healthcare Artificial Intelligence.- Translational Science Machine Learning.- Machine Learning for Biological Discovery.- Machine Learning in Bioinformatics.- Machine Learning in Genomics.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes the current picture of healthcare and how medicine can develop in the 21st century to provide traditional hospital services differently with the use of clinical-digital transformation. Technological and social developments are enabling doctors, patients, tech developers, entrepreneurs and policy makers to recognise that care delivery can be achieved in novel and interesting ways far from the classic bricks and mortar approach. There are multiple triggers for change including the ageing population, limitations of existing clinical capacity and the COVID pandemic, accelerating the use of remote technologies, along with patient demands and expectations being higher than ever. With the speed of development of so many new technologies, it is hard to keep track of them, plus there is a need to scrutinize their claims and true potential for significant improvements in care delivery. The increasing global emphasis on the use of virtual wards', a way of remotely monitoring patients in their own homes and freeing up hospital beds, raises questions about the use of such systems of care and how they may be prone to safety failures and higher costs. The rush to use them needs to be balanced with the right level of evaluation and assurance. The Virtual Hospital explores the many approaches by which traditional medical practice is changing and the potential for new technologies (everything from biohacking to AI) to disrupt the existing paradigm. The goal is to assess and challenge whether the claims for such developments are robust and beneficial, rather than merely praising how shiny and clever the future looks. Consequently, this book is of enormous value to all involved in the provision of care, from physicians, nurses and healthcare planners to data scientists and healthcare leaders in all clinical settings.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Digital Health in Allergology: State of the Art.- Chapter 2. Digital Health: General concepts & terminology.- Chapter 3. Legal and regulatory challenges for digital health technologies.- Chapter 4. Digital Health for patients with Pollen Allergy: the Pollen/Hustenblume experience.- Chapter 5. Patients as Sensors, Automated Pollen Stations, & Artificial Intelligence: a Technological Revolution in Allergy Care.- Chapter 6. Digital Health for Pollen Allergy and Allergen Immunotherapy: the AllergyMonitor Experience.- Chapter 7. Clinical Decision Support Systems for Allergic Diseases.- Chapter 8. Databanks and expert systems in allergomics: scientific and clinical implications.- Chapter 9. Digital Health and Asthma.- Chapter 10. Digital Health to manage the pre-school child with wheeze.- Chapter 11. Digital Health and Chronic Urticaria.- Chapter 12. Digital Health and Atopic Dermatitis.- Chapter 13. Machine Learning for the management of Allergies and Asthma in childhood.- Chapter 14. Digital Health and drug allergies.- Chapter 15. Smart devices and digital therapeutics for asthma care regulatory challenges.- Chapter 16. Wearables and Sensor Technology for Allergy Care.- Chapter 17. Unveiling the Potential of Social Media in Allergology: From Patient Education and Support to Advocacy and AI Integration.- Chapter 18. A Practical Guide to Social Media in Allergic Disease Management: Background, Tools, Tips and Tactics.- Chapter 19. The landscape of digital health approaches to allergy in Australia (Digital Allergology in Australia).- Chapter 20. Digital Allergology in Germany.- Chapter 21. Digital Allergology in Spain.

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Book SynopsisSimulations are an integral part of medical education today. Many universities have simulation centers, so-called skills labs, where students and medical personal can practice diagnostics and procedures on life-like mannequins. Others offer simulation courses in the different sub-disciplines. In the pre-clinical phase, simulations are used to illustrate basic principles in physiology, anatomy, genetics, and biochemistry. For example, simulations can show how the metabolism of enzymes changes in the presence of inhibitors, illustrating drug actions. This book covers all areas of simulations in medicine, starting from the molecular level via tissues and organs to the whole body. At the beginning of each chapter, a biological phenomenon is described, such as cell communication, gene translation, or the action of anti-carcinogenic drugs on tumors. In the following, simulations that illustrate these phenomena are discussed in detail, with the focus on how to use and interpret these simulations. The book is complemented by topics such as serious games and distance medicine. The book is based on a course for medical students organized in the editor's department. Every year, around 300 international undergraduate medical students take the course.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive description of the basic concepts of soft matter mechanics and of the nano- and microscale biomedical methods that allow characterizing the mechanical properties of cells and tissues.

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Book SynopsisBiomaterials are composed of metallic materials, ceramics, polymers, composites and hybrid materials. Biomaterials used in human beings require safety regulations, toxicity, allergic reaction, etc. When used as implantable materials their biological compatibility, biomechanical compatibility, and morphological compatibility must be acessed. This book explores the design and requirements of biomaterials for the use in implantology.

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Book SynopsisThe updated edition of the first of three volumes on Medical Physics focuses even more on body systems related to physical principles such as body mechanics, energy balance, and action potentials. Thanks to numerous newly incorporated didactic features, the introductory text into the broad fi eld of medical physics is easy to understand and supports self-study. New: highlighted boxes emphasize special topics; math boxes explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary of the key concepts, questions, a self-assessment of the acquired competence, and exercises. The appendix contains answers to questions and solutions to exercises.

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Book SynopsisThe updated edition of the second of three volumes on Medical Physics presents modern physical methods for medical diagnostics. It provides a solid background on imaging techniques that use non-ionizing probes (ultrasound, endoscopy including CLE and OCT, MRI) and imaging techniques that use ionizing radiation (X-ray radiography, CT, SPECT, PET). Radiation sources, interactions of radiation with matter and radiation protection for x-rays, -rays, protons and neutrons are presented. Some of these topics are also relevant to the therapeutic applications presented in Volume 3. NEW: highlighted boxes emphasize specifi c topics; math boxes explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary of the key concepts, questions, a self-assessment of the acquired competence and exercises. The appendix provides answers to questions and solutions to exercises.

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Book SynopsisThis book is dedicated to the discussion of several biomedical applications of the mechanical phenotyping of cells and tissues to specific disease models. The topical chapters on mechanics in disease are preceded by chapters describing cell and tissue structure and their relationship with the biomechanical properties, as well as by the description of dedicated sample preparation methods for the nano- and microscale mechanical measurements.

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Book SynopsisThe updated edition of the third of three vollumes on Medical Physics presents modern physical methods for medical therapy with a focus on tumor treatment. It provides background information on radiation biology, radiation response of tissues, and linear energy transfer through radiation. Therapies with external radiation sources (x-rays, protons, neutrons) as well as internal radiation sources (brachytherapy) are discussed in detail. Other chapters deal with the use of lasers and nanoparticles in modern medicine. This volume closes with a short chapter on medical statistics. NEW: highlighted boxes emphasize specifi c topics; math boxes explain more advanced mathematical issues; each chapter concludes with a summary of the key concepts, questions, exercises, and a self-assessment of the acquired competence. The appendix provides answers to questions and solutions to exercises.

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Book SynopsisThis unique collection synthesizes insights and evidence from innovators in consumer informatics and highlights the technical, behavioral, social, and policy issues driving digital health today and in the foreseeable future. Consumer Informatics and Digital Health presents the fundamentals of mobile health, reviews the evidence for consumer technology as a driver of health behavior change, and examines user experience and real-world technology design challenges and successes. Additionally, it identifies key considerations for successfully engaging consumers in their own care, considers the ethics of using personal health information in research, and outlines implications for health system redesign. The editors’ integrative systems approach heralds a future of technological advances tempered by best practices drawn from today’s critical policy goals of patient engagement, community health promotion, and health equity. Here’s the inside view of consumer health informatics and key digital fields that students and professionals will find inspiring, informative, and thought-provoking. Included among the topics:• Healthcare social media for consumer informatics• Understanding usability, accessibility, and human-centered design principles• Understanding the fundamentals of design for motivation and behavior change• Digital tools for parents: innovations in pediatric urgent care• Behavioral medicine and informatics in the cancer community• Content strategy: writing for health consumers on the web• Open science and the future of data analytics• Digital approaches to engage consumers in value-based purchasingConsumer Informatics and Digital Health takes an expansive view of the fields influencing consumer informatics and offers practical case-based guidance for a broad range of audiences, including students, educators, researchers, journalists, and policymakers interested in biomedical informatics, mobile health, information science, and population health. It has as much to offer readers in clinical fields such as medicine, nursing, and psychology as it does to those engaged in digital pursuits.Table of ContentsForewordSusanna Fox, Chief Technology Officer, US Department of Healthand Human Services Paul Tang, CMIO, Palo Alto Medical FoundationSECTION I: Domains of Consumer Informatics and Mobile Health 1. Promoting Consumer Engagement in Health and Health Care Margo Edmunds, VP for Evidence Generation and Translation, AcademyHealthThe opening chapter will define consumer informatics, describe the history of different branches of the field (e.g., virtual visits/telehealth, mobile health, and the e-patient movement), and provide a framework for evaluating and disseminating evidence about ways to improve the consumer experience and change health behaviors. 2. Increasing Consumer Engagement Through Social Media, Crowd-sourcing, and BeyondMandi Bishop, Health Plan Analytics Innovation Practice Lead, Dell This chapter will review the state of the art and new directions for online tools to engage consumers in health and health care, focusing on social media platforms, consumer-facing web portals, and emerging technologies from the quantified self movement.3. The Global Connected Health EcosystemJody Ranck, Gigaom ResearchThis chapter will review the development, state of the art, and new directions for mobile devices in global health. 4. Bridging the Gaps: New Approaches to Address Population Health Ned Calonge, President and CEO, The Colorado Trust This chapter will describe innovations in the use of online and mobile technologies to promote community health and health equity with diverse populations. SECTION II: A New Environment for Development and Design5. User-Centered Design Christopher Hass, SVP, Experience Design, Mad*PowThis chapter will lay out the fundamentals of user experience (UX) and user-centered design for the Web, including accessibility for people with disabilities. Case examples will be provided. 6. Usability and Utility Testing Christopher Hass, SVP, Experience Design, Mad*PowBuilding on Chapter 5, this chapter will provide practical guidance on applying the principles of user-centered design to ensure the quality of consumer-facing products and services. 7. Motivational Design and Persuasive Technology for Consumer LearningDustin Ditommaso, SVP of Behavior Change Design, Mad*Pow Motivational design is an approach to online learning that can be used to increase consumer engagement with content. Persuasive technology uses behavioral science to design systems that promote consumer behavior change similar to personal health coaching, and taking into account both health and technology literacy. This chapter will provide practical advice on using these approaches in the development of health content for consumers.8. New Directions and Techniques for "Big Data": The Promises and Risks John Mattison, CMIO and Assistant Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente Southern California (by interview)As used in this chapter, big data refers to the storage and analysis of sets of data, including health data, that are too large to process using typical software and analytics processes. As a source for discovery and breakthroughs in health care treatment, big data holds promise but it also presents risks and uncertainties about consumer privacy and security. This chapter will separate out the reality and hype and provide a technical reference for the chapters in Section IV on privacy and security. SECTION III: Content Development and Consumer-Generated Data9. Addressing Information Overload: Knowledge Management to Improve Person-Centered Care Erin Holve, Senior Director, AcademyHealthWith the explosion of consumer-relevant and consumer-generated health data, this chapter will describe ways to help consumers make the best use of information from a wide variety of sources. 10. Content Strategy: Writing for Health Consumers on the Web Carolyn Petersen, Senior Editor, mayoclinic.orgSeven out of ten visits to the Web are part of consumer searches for health information, but the quality, appropriateness, and accessibility of the information varies widely across different sites. This chapter will review evidence on the value of web information in consumer-driven health care and describe best practices for developing consumer-friendly web content. 11. Visualization for Comprehension, Engagement, and Healthcare ImprovementSuzanne Bakken, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Alumni Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing This chapter will describe innovative methods to provide consumer-friendly content through visual means. It will be based on the author's work with electronic health records and self-reported information from residents of low-income communities in Northern Manhattan, New York City. 12. Consumer-Generated Data and Health Information ExchangePaul Fu, Jr., CMIO Harbor-UCLA Medical Center As the nation pursues the goal of population health, it is important for personal health information and consumer-generated data to be standardized, structured, and aggregated for health planning purposes by local health agencies. This chapter will address some of the important technical and governance issues involved in integrating individual health data into health information exchanges at the local and regional levels. 13. Engaging Consumers in Culturally Diverse CommunitiesJoy Davis, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy This chapter will provide examples of emerging best practices in culturally competent consumer engagement in a variety of clinical and community settings. 14. Aging in PlaceCharlotte Weaver, Board Director, VitalSims, LLCMany adults prefer to remain in their own homes as they get older. Technology-enabled supports for older adults and their caregivers are becoming increasingly important with the growing number of people managing chronic health conditions through self-care and home-based care. This chapter will review the key technologies, challenges, and opportunities for remotely generated patient data to improve the health of older adults. SECTION IV: POLICY AND REGULATORY ISSUES15. How Standards and Interoperability Support ConsumersKevin Larsen, Medical Director of Meaningful Use, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, HHSIncluding consumers in the free flow of health information is a policy priority, but it will require significant changes in culture and infrastructure. This chapter will provide a consumer-friendly primer on how federal requirements for meaningful use of health data are evolving to improve consumer access to personal health information. 16. The Role of HIPAA in Consumer Health Informatics Ann Waldo, Wittie Letsche & Waldo LLP and Doug Peddicord, Washington Health Strategies GroupThe Privacy Rule that governs health information transactions has not kept pace with consumer technology and the Web, and many providers believe HIPAA restricts data sharing with consumers and patients. This chapter provides a legal perspective on how HIPAA should be rewritten to allow the free flow of health information to consumers. 17. Building Consumer Trust Through Information SecurityBradley Malin, Health Information Privacy Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, and Fred Trotter, Co-author, Hacking Healthcare (by interview) Some consumers, such as those in the quantified self movement, openly share their personal health data, while others want to maintain personal privacy or are concerned about data breaches. This chapter provides some innovative perspectives on privacy technology that enables trust. 18. Using Consent to Improve Informedness John Wilbanks, Director of Consent to Research (CtR) Project at Sage Bionetworks (by interview)This chapter will address ethical issues in consumer informatics and online content, including quality assurance, privacy, and security concerns; consent and governance; and the important role consumer information plays in shared decision-making. If privacy concerns have slowed the progress of research, new approaches, such as a pool of freely available health and genomic data, could accelerate innovation. This chapter will describe the range of ethical perspectives on data sharing and propose a new approach.19. Consumer Expectations About PrivacyShane Harris, Senior Intelligence and National Security Correspondent, The Daily Beast Health care systems have lagged behind other industry sectors in developing secure information-sharing strategies. This chapter will describe the information technology infrastructure and implications for consumers to protect their personal information. Section V: Conclusions20. Back to the Future: Emerging Technology, Social, and Political Trends Affecting Consumer Informatics Margo Edmunds, Chris Hass, and Erin HolveThis final chapter will summarize technology, social, regulatory, and other trends and issues raised in the book, including the role of collaboration and citizen science for health delivery system reform and population health.

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Book SynopsisAndreas Neff zeigt die exzellenten diagnostischen und therapeutischen Optionen der Endoskopie, die für den MKG-Chirurgen bei der komplexen Anatomie der Mund-Kiefer-Gesichtsregion, speziell der Kieferhöhlen und der Nasengänge, des Kiefergelenks, aber auch der Speicheldrüsen heute unverzichtbar ist. Minimalinvasive Darstellung und Zugänge gemäß State of the Art erfordern neben chirurgischem Know-how auch ein spezielles technisches Equipment. Während die Endoskopie in der MKG-Chirurgie meist speziellen Indikationen vorbehalten ist, hat sie insbesondere in der HNO inzwischen einen Großteil der traditionellen direkten bzw. invasiv-offenen Verfahren ersetzt. Auch in der MKG-Chirurgie wird es analog zu ihren Nachbardisziplinen zunehmend zu Paradigmenwechseln in der Behandlungsstrategie kommen, denen sich die MKG-Chirurgie stellen muss, um sich auch in Zukunft auf Augenhöhe weiterentwickeln zu können.Table of ContentsArthroskopie des Kiefergelenks und Chirurgie des Sinus maxillaris.- Endoskopische Speicheldrüsenchirurgie und dentoalvelären Chirurgie.- Endoskopie in der Traumatologie und plastisch-ästhetischen Chirurgie.

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