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Title Systems engineering approach to medical automation / Robin Felder, Majd Alwan, Mingjun Zhang, editors
Published Boston : Artech House, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) : illustrations
Series Artech House series, engineering in medicine & biology
Artech House engineering in medicine & biology series.
Contents Introduction to medical automation -- Human factors issues with automation -- Mathematical modeling for medical automation -- Contact dynamic simulation of micro-/nanoscale maniplation for medical applications -- Modeling and mathematical analysis of swarms of microscopic robots for medical diagnostics -- Medical and biometric identification for pattern recognition and data fusion with quantitative measuring -- Lab-on-a-chip automation of laboratory diagnostics : lipoprotein subclass separation automation -- Clinical laboratory automation -- Pharmacy autmoation technologies -- Automation technologies in the operating room -- Health care supply chain automation -- Process management using information systems : principles and systems -- Telehealth and telemedicine technologies : overview, benefits, and implications -- Automated in-home patient monitoring : geriatric care application -- Connected medicine -- Information technology networks, data management, and electronic medical records
Summary The book offers you a solid understanding of medical automation principles and the latest applications in the field. You discover how computers and devices can be used to schedule personnel and services, and help maintain a just-in-time, lean, and more affordable medical services. You learn how to automate your pharmacy and laboratory services for maximum profit and minimum turnaround time. Moreover, this forward-looking book helps you determine how nanotechnology is evolving to solve difficult medical challenges
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Medicine -- Data processing.
Automation.
Medical supplies.
System analysis.
Electronic Data Processing
Equipment and Supplies
Systems Analysis
Automation
Medicine
automation.
systems analysis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Biomedical.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Medical Technology.
MEDICAL -- Biotechnology.
MEDICAL -- Lasers in Medicine.
System analysis
Medical supplies
Automation
Medicine -- Data processing
Form Electronic book
Author Felder, Robin.
Alwan, Majd.
Zhang, Mingjun
ISBN 9781596931657
1596931655