Foreign Threat takes Steve Carmichael, a young surgery intern, into the dark world of international espionage. What begins as a grueling surgery residency quickly turns dangerous as Steve is thrust into an adventure that will alter the course of his life forever. In the right place but at the wrong time, Steve is forced to take on a mysterious adventure to try and save himself. Will he make it out of this residency alive?

Practical Data Analytics for Innovation in Medicine: Building Real Predictive and Prescriptive Models in Personalized Healthcare and Medical Research Using AI, ML, and Related Technologies, Second Edition discusses the needs of healthcare and medicine in the 21st century, explaining how data analytics play an important and revolutionary role. With healthcare effectiveness and economics facing growing challenges, there is a rapidly emerging movement to fortify medical treatment and administ...

With the advent of electronic medical records years ago and the increasing capabilities of computers, our healthcare systems are sitting on growing mountains of data. Not only does the data grow from patient volume but the type of data we store is also growing exponentially. Practical Predictive Analytics and Decisioning Systems for Medicine provides research tools to analyze these large amounts of data and addresses some of the most pressing issues and challenges where data integrity is c...

From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of Seven Days and The Choice comes a gripping serial killer thriller with a psychological edge you won’t want to put down!A serial killer is stalking your home town.He has a type: all his victims look the same.And they all look like you.Kate returns from a post break-up holiday with her girlfriends to news of a serial killer in her h...

Health Informatics: Practical Guide focuses on the application of information technology in healthcare to improve individual and population health, education and research. The goal of the seventh edition is to stimulate and educate healthcare and IT professionals and students about the key topics in this rapidly changing field. Dr. William Hersh from Oregon Health & Science University is the co-editor and author of multiple chapters. Topics include Health Informatics (HI) overview, electro...

Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben, has written a thriller jam-packed withaction, tension and twists and turns. A h****eart-stopping read from page one, this is perfect for fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James.'Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!' HARLAN COBEN'Great plo...

Health informatics (also known as biomedical and health informatics or just plain informatics) is the field concerned with the optimal use of data and information, usually aided by technology, to improve individual health, healthcare, public health, and biomedical research. The goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the major areas of the field, both for those who are just beginning their studies or are already working in the field. This 8th edition reflects the cu...

Medicine has no cure for evil..."The Bone Curse is a strong medical thriller**-inclusive, skillfully written, and inviting."-**Foreword ReviewsBen Oris, a pragmatic med student from Philadelphia, gets cut by an old bone while touring the Paris catacombs. His companion Laurette, a public health student from Haiti, senses danger and worries an evil curse now runs through him....

The practice of modern medicine and biomedical research requires sophisticated information technologies with which to manage patient information, plan diagnostic procedures, interpret laboratory results, and carry out investigations. Biomedical Informatics provides both a conceptual framework and a practical inspiration for this swiftly emerging scientific discipline at the intersection of computer science, decision science, information science, cognitive science, and biom...

For attorney David Ransom, it begins as an open–and–shut case: malpractice. Then Dr. Kate Chesne storms into his office, daring him to seek out the truth–that she's being framed.When another patient turns up dead, David starts to believe her. Somewhere in the Honolulu hospital, a killer walks freely. And now David finds himself asking the same questions Kate is desperate to have answered.

This book examines the nature of medical knowledge, how it is obtained, and how it can be used for decision support. It provides complete coverage of computational approaches to clinical decision-making. Chapters discuss data integration into healthcare information systems and delivery to point of care for providers, as well as facilitation of direct to consumer access. A case study section highlights critical lessons learned, while another portion of the work examines biostatistical metho...

The first complete guide to the rapidly expanding field of telehealthFrom email to videoconferencing, telehealth puts real-time healthcare solutions at patients’ and clinicians’ fingertips. Every year, the field continues to evolve, enhancing access to healthcare, supporting clinicians, and improving the patient experience. However, since telehealth is in its infancy, no text has offered a comprehensive, definitive survey of this up-and-coming field—until now....