From grid to healthgrid : proceedings of healthgrid 2005 / edited by Tony Solomonides and Richard McClatchey with Vincent Breton ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Solomonides, Tony.

McClatchey, Richard.

Conference Name:

Healthgrid 2005 (2005 : Oxford, England)

Series:

Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 112.

Studies in health technology and informatics ; v. 112

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical informatics--Congresses.

Medical informatics.

Medical care--Data processing--Congresses.

Medical care.

Telecommunication in medicine--Congresses.

Telecommunication in medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Oxford : IOS Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This publication provides a forum for projects in the medical, biological and biomedical domains as well as for grid projects that seek to integrate these. The overall objective is to reinforce and promote the awareness of the deployment of grid technology in health. The emphasis is on results of current grid projects in health care. This will show in the outcome of field tests and will identify deployment strategies for prototype applications in health care. In addition, outstanding problem areas and technological challenges are identified and new solutions to these issues are proposed. From

Contents:

Title page; Introduction. Acknowledgements; Healthgrid 2005 Programme Committee; Contents; Knowledge and Data Management; Deployment of Grids in Health; Current Projects; Ethical, Legal, Social and Security Issues; The Healthgrid White Paper; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-50481-1

9786610504817

1-4294-0198-2

1-60750-114-7

600-00-0434-6

1-60129-095-0

OCLC:

228141883