Title page -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Section 1: Introduction to Health Care -- 1.1 Health Concepts -- 1.2 Introduction to Nursing Science -- 1.3 Nursing Information Technology: Classifications and Management -- 1.4 The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) -- 1.5 A Nursing Minimum Data Set -- Section 2: Data Analysis -- 2.1 Data Analysis Methods -- 2.2 Epidemiological Study Designs -- 2.3 Statistical Methods -- 2.4 Classification Methods -- Section 3: Health Information and Knowledge Representation -- 3.1 Health Informatics -- 3.2 Hospital Information Systems -- 3.3 Specialised Information Systems: Diabetes Care -- 3.4 Electronic Health Record -- 3.5 Nursing Information System -- 3.6 Human Interaction -- 3.7 Electronic Data Interchange -- 3.8 Telecare Services for Nursing -- 3.9 Image Processing and Analysis -- 3.10 Knowledge Representation and Nursing Informatics -- 3.11 Multimedia Technologies in Education -- Section 4: Organizational Impact -- 4.1 Health Care Systems -- 4.2 Organizational Impact of Health Information Systems in Healthcare -- 4.3 The Impact of Communications and Information Technology on Organisations -- 4.4 Impact in Nursing Environment -- 4.5 Quality Assurance Issues -- 4.6 Communication among Health Care Professionals -- 4.7 Data Protection and Confidentiality -- 4.8 Education in Health and Nursing Informatics -- APPENDIX A -- Glossary -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- Authors - Address and Affiliation