Download or read book A Guide to Medical Informatics, the Internet and Telemedicine written by E. Coiera and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-09-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Guide to Medical Informatics, the Internet and Telemedicine' presents an easy-to-read overview of the subject, and explains basic concepts in a non-technical manner. Since these technologies continue to develop at a rapid rate, the book is designed to familiarize clinicians with the more fundamental aspects and to enable them to make informed decisions about the application of this technology. This guide is written for the general medical reader and assumes little or no familiarity with medical informatics. It will also be useful for medical students as well as allied healthcare workers and research scientists who need to understand or apply these technologies in their practice.