Medical Informatics for eHealth (Information and Communication Technology Series,)

Highlighting system architecture, technologies, and applications associated with medical informatics for eHealth, Medical Informatics for eHealth explains and discusses how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be used in personalized healthcare in terms of quality of service, reliability, security and privacy, and cost efficiency. A vital reference for today's researchers, engineers, planners, market analyzer, policy makers, and IT staff, the text features sections on Grid and Cloud Computing for healthcare and explains how data mining can be incorporated into healthcare data.