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Jones and Bartlett Biomedical Informatics 2010 Edition by Jules J. Berman
Key FeaturesExplains how biomedical data are acquired, organized, annotated, & analyzedProvides in-depth discussions of data representation including XML metadata, RDF, & ontologiesAn extensive Appendix describes free, open source tools that will facilitate software interoperability & greatly reduce the cost of information technologyProvides guidance in employing data organizations & data sharing technologies in research grant applications.About the Book: Biomedical InformaticsBiomedical Informatics discusses & reviews the many types of biomedical data resources & the open source software tools needed to fully utilize biomedical data. It teaches the reader how the Perl language is used in biomedical informatics & provides examples of short Perl scripts that can be applied in the biological research & healthcare settings. The text also provides a review of the ethical, legal, & social aspects of biomedical informatics & covers the legal & regulatory issues related to the acquisition & use of confidential medical data.ContentsWhat are biomedical data & what do we do with them?The Data of Biomedical InformaticsConfidential Biomedical dataStandards for Biomedical DataJust Enough ProgrammingProgramming Common Biomedical Informatics TasksBiomedical NomenclaturesMisbehaving Text: Dealing with Poorly Written Medical TextAutocoding Unstructured Data (Narrative Text)Computational Methods for De-identification & Data ScrubbingCryptography in Biomedical InformaticsDescribing Data with MetadataSimplifying Complex Data with Classifications & OntologiesClinical Trials: The Informatician Lives in a Statistical WorldDistributed ComputingA Practical Approach to Ethics for Biomedical InformaticiansGrantsmanship for Biomedical InformaticiansReferencesAppendixGlossaryIndex