E Public Health Systems: GIS Related Technologies in Public Health Preparedness and Surveillance
J Tan and Francisco Soto Mas, University of Texas El Paso

DATE: January 2005
SOURCE: E Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals, San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass Publishers, pp 127-154 (ISBN: 0 7879 6618 5)
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ABSTRACT:
E-Health Care Information Systems is a comprehensive collection written by leading experts from a range of disciplines including medicine, health sciences, engineering, business information systems, general science, and computing technology. This easily followed text provides a theoretical framework with sound methodological approaches and is filled with numerous case examples. Topics include e-health records, e-public information systems, e-network and surveys, general and specific applications of e-health such as e-rehabilitation, e-medicine, e-homecare, e-diagnosis support systems, and e-health intelligence. E-Health Care Information Systems also covers strategies in e-health care technology management, e-security issues, and the impacts of e-technologies. In addition, this book reviews new and emerging technologies such as mobile health, virtual reality and nanotechnology, and harnessing the power of e-technologies for real-world applications.