Health Care in the Information Society : : Volume 1 - from Adventure of Ideas to Anarchy of Transition.

• Author: Ingram, David.
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, UK : : Open Book Publishers,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Author's Biography -- Preface -- Prologue -- PART ONE-ADVENTURE OF IDEAS -- 1. Introduction-Connecting for Health -- 2. Knowledge, Language and Reason-From Ancient Times to the Information Age -- 3. Observation and Measurement-From Cubits to Qubits -- 4. Models and Simulations-The Third Arm of Science -- 5. Information and Engineering-The Interface of Science and Society -- Acknowledgements -- Donors -- _Hlk58915318 -- _Hlk145585828 -- _Hlk94541357 -- _Hlk145585898 -- _Hlk145585926 -- Author's Biography -- Preface -- Prologue -- PART ONE-ADVENTURE OF IDEAS -- 1. Introduction-Connecting for Health -- Information and Health Care-A History of Connections -- An 80:20 Landscape View-The Structure of the Book -- A 2020 Portrait View-People and Ideas -- Transition and Anarchy -- From Physics to Biology -- From Mathematics to Informatics -- A Halfway View -- Parenthesis-Audience -- 2. Knowledge, Language and Reason-From Ancient Times to the Information Age -- Theory of Knowledge -- Libraries and their Classification of Knowledge -- Historical Origins -- Enumerative and Faceted Classification -- The Colon Classification of Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan -- The UNESCO Broad System of Ordering (BSO) for Documents and Books -- Languages and their Expression and Communication of Knowledge -- Learning a Language -- Language and Machine -- Precision of Language -- Formalism of Language -- The Language of Mathematics and Logic -- Logic and Reasoning with Knowledge -- Verbal and Mathematical Reasoning -- Computational Reasoning -- Frame Logic -- Description Logic and the Web Ontology Language (OWL) -- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence -- Medical Language and Computation -- Natural Language and Medicine -- Nomenclature and Terminology -- SNOMED™-Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine.

GALEN-Generalized Architecture for Languages, Encyclopaedias and Nomenclatures in Medicine -- Further Notable Medical Language and Terminology Initiatives -- UMLS-Uniform Medical Language System -- MeSH-Medical Subject Headings -- ICD-International Classification of Diseases -- LOINC-Logical Observation, Identifiers, Names and Codes -- ICPC-International Classification of Primary Care -- Two Illustrious Pioneers -- Martin Severs -- Alan Rector -- Medical Knowledge Bases -- Pioneering Examples -- Heuristic Dendral-Analyzing Mass Spectra -- MYCIN-Prescribing Antimicrobial Therapy -- PROforma-Modelling Clinical Decision-making Processes -- The Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) -- Knowledge, Information and Data -- Parenthesis-Traction -- 3. Observation and Measurement-From Cubits to Qubits -- Datum as 'Omnuscle' -- Observation and Measurement -- Number and Logic -- Symbol and Code -- Ethics -- Philosophy and Natural Science -- Biological Variability -- Clinical Measurement -- Measurement and Professional Practice -- Measurement and Personal Health Care -- Science and Computation -- Data -- Record -- Measurement Sciences, Technologies and Devices -- X-Rays-Radiation Physics -- Imaging -- Radiotherapy -- Crystallography -- Gamma Rays-Nuclear Physics -- Electrophysiology -- Ultrasound -- Photonics -- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging -- Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics -- The Science of Systems -- Parenthesis-Manifold and Balance -- 4. Models and Simulations-The Third Arm of Science -- Purpose and Method -- For Science -- In Education and Training -- Three Sliding Doors -- As Tools of Design and Engineering -- Within Products and Services -- Models beyond Experimental Validation -- Models that Can Lead Astray -- Pioneers of Computational Modelling -- Physics-John Houghton-Modelling Weather and Climate.

Biology and Medicine-Modelling the Human Body -- Arthur Guyton-Modelling the Human Circulatory System -- John Dickinson-Modelling Clinical Physiology-The Mac Series Models -- Denis Noble and Peter Hunter-Virtual Physiological Human and In Silico Medicine -- Georgios Stamatakos and Norbert Graf-The Oncology Simulator -- Exploratory Clinical Applications -- Statistical Modelling of Diagnosis-The Royal College of Physicians of London Computer Group -- Operational Research-Clinical Trials and Epidemiology -- Electrophysiology -- Modelling Ventilation Management -- Modelling and Controlling Cardiovascular Dynamics -- Parenthesis-Purpose -- 5. Information and Engineering-The Interface of Science and Society -- In Praise of Engineers -- Engineering in Context -- Engineers as Innovators-From Steam Engines to Information Engines -- The Information Technology Industry -- Data Processing -- Data Storage -- Data Model and Database -- Information Model -- Knowledge Management -- Software-Algorithm, Data Structure and Computer Program -- Software as Art and Creativity -- Software as Experiment -- Software as Struggle with Imperfection -- Software as Ecosystem and Legacy -- System and Architecture -- Norms, Standards and Standardization -- The Internet and World Wide Web -- The Status Quo -- Parenthesis-Making and Doing Things Differently -- Acknowledgements -- Donors -- _Hlk145578148 -- _Hlk143248618.