Yearbook of Medical Informatics

This year's special research section: Quality of Health Care - The Role of Informatics The significance of medical informatics to improving the quality of health care grows steadily as novel contributions to medical practice, research and education combine to accelerate the pace. Several important questions arise: - How should information technology be designed and introduced to efficiently and effectively support patient care? - What are the effects of information systems and informatics techniques on health care, especially on the quality of outcomes? - What methodologies are appropriate and effective to describe, quantitate, and evaluate these effects? The special section comprises a selection of the most advanced research publications in this challenging field. The IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics also presents original reviews by senior scientists describing the current developments of Health and Medical Informatics and keeps its reader informed about international education programs of the field. The Yearbook of Medical Informatics provides information about the work of IMIA and IMIA regional groups. The Yearbook of Medical Informatics gives an overview of the latest significant research activities in the field of Health and Medical Informatics. It contains original papers from the categories - Health and Clinical Management - Patient Records - Health Information Systems - Image and Signal Processing - Knowledge Processing and Decision Support - Computer-Supported Education - Bioinformatics