Health Technology: Sourcebook

650 Pages·2022·3.057 MB·English

by  Health Reference

Health Reference Series
Health Technology
SOURCEBOOK
THIRD EDITION
Provides Consumer Health Information about Digital Health, Telehealth, Artificial
Intelligence, Health Information Technology, Digital Innovations in Preventive Medicine,
Screening and Detection Technologies, Diagnostic Technology, Nanotechnology, Robots in
Health Care, and Rehabilitative and Assistive Devices
Along with Information about the Future of Heath Technology, Laws and Regulations
Governing Health Technology, Tips for Cybersafety, a Glossary of Terms Related to Health
Technology, and a List of Resources for Additional Help and Information

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY
SOURCEBOOK
THIRD EDITION

Health Reference Series
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY
SOURCEBOOK
THIRD EDITION
Provides Consumer Health Information about Digital Health, Telehealth,
Artificial Intelligence, Health Information Technology, Digital Innovations
in Preventive Medicine, Screening and Detection Technologies, Diagnostic
Technology, Nanotechnology, Robots in Health Care, and Rehabilitative
and Assistive Devices
Along with Information about the Future of Heath Technology, Laws and
Regulations Governing Health Technology, Tips for Cybersafety, a Glossary
of Terms Related to Health Technology, and a List of Resources for Additional
Help and Information
An imprint of Infobase
Bibliographic Note
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Copyright © 2023 Infobase
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Names: Chambers, James (Editor), editor.
Title: Health technology sourcebook / edited by James Chambers.
Description: Third edition. | New York, NY: Omnigraphics, an imprint of Infobase, [2023] | Series:
Health reference series | Includes index. | Summary: “Provides basic consumer health information
about the application of science to develop solutions to health problems or issues such as the
prevention or delay of onset of diseases or the promotion and monitoring of good health. Includes
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Identifiers: LCCN 2022045210 (print) | LCCN 2022045211 (ebook) | ISBN 9780780820166 (library
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Subjects: LCSH: Medical technology. | Medical care--Data processing.
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Table of Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................xiii
Part 1. Introduction to Health Technology
Chapter 1— Understanding Medical Technology
and Digital Health ............................................................3
Section 1.1— Overview of Medical
Technology .........................5
Section 1.2— What Is Digital Health? ....7
Chapter 2— Artificial Intelligence in Health Care ..........................11
Section 2.1— Role of Artificial
Intelligence and
Machine Learning............13
Section 2.2— Machine Learning in
Drug Development ..........19
Section 2.3—A rtificial Intelligence
for Global Health .............24
Chapter 3—M edical Chatbots ...........................................................31
Chapter 4— Health Technology Assessment ...................................35
Part 2. Understanding Telehealth
Chapter 5—T elehealth ........................................................................43
Section 5.1—T elehealth: An
Overview ...........................45
Section 5.2— Benefits of Telehealth ......47
Section 5.3—I mplementation and
Future of Telehealth .........51
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Section 5.4— Medicare Benefits and
Telehealth ..........................53
Section 5.5— Health Equity in
Telehealth ..........................60
Chapter 6— Preparing for Telehealth Visits .....................................67
Chapter 7— Remote Patient Monitoring ..........................................75
Chapter 8— Getting Help with Accessing Telehealth
Services ............................................................................81
Chapter 9— Virtual Health-Care Services ........................................85
Section 9.1—T elehealth and
Cancer Care ......................87
Section 9.2—T elerehabilitation for
Advanced Cancer .............90
Section 9.3— Telehealth for Chronic
Conditions ........................94
Section 9.4—T elehealth for
COVID-19 ......................102
Section 9.5—T elehealth for
HIV Care ........................106
Section 9.6— Telehealth for Maternal
Health Services...............111
Section 9.7— Telehealth for Children
with Special
Health-Care Needs ........118
Section 9.8—S chool-Based
Telehealth Services ........122
Section 9.9— Use of Telehealth in
Emergency
Departments ...................125
Part 3. Health Information Technology
Chapter 10— Understanding Health Information
Technology ....................................................................133
Section 10.1— Information and
Communication
Technology .....................135
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Section 10.2— Benefits of Health
Information
Technology .....................138
Chapter 11— Integrating Technology and Health Care ..................141
Section 11.1—I mplementation and
Integration of Health
Information
Technology .....................143
Section 11.2—B asics of Health
Information Exchange
Technology .....................145
Section 11.3— E-prescription ................148
Chapter 12— Digital Health Records ................................................151
Section 12.1—E lectronic Health
Records and Electronic
Medical Records.............153
Section 12.2— Blue Button .....................157
Section 12.3— Medical Scribes
and Patient Safety ..........160
Part 4. Technology and Preventive Health Care
Chapter 13— Digital Innovations in Preventive Medicine .............169
Section 13.1— Sensors ............................171
Section 13.2— Body Area Networks .....173
Section 13.3— Wearable Devices ...........176
Section 13.4— Wireless Medical
Devices ............................180
Section 13.5— Mobile Medical
Applications ....................186
Section 13.6— Continuous Glucose
Monitoring......................198
Section 13.7— Wireless Patient
Monitoring......................206
Chapter 14— Predictive Analytics in Health Care ..........................209
Section 14.1— Big Data and Its
Applications in
Health Care .....................211
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Section 14.2— Big Data in the Age
of Genomics ...................214
Section 14.3—B ig Data for Infectious
Disease Surveillance ......217
Chapter 15— Screening and Detection Technologies .....................223
Section 15.1—A dvanced Molecular
Detection ........................225
Section 15.2—G I Genius in Detection
of Colon Cancer .............231
Section 15.3—O steoDetect in Wrist
Fracture Analysis ...........233
Section 15.4—P rediction of Abdominal
Aneurysm Using
Machine Learning ..........234
Chapter 16— Genetics .........................................................................237
Section 16.1— Genomics ........................239
Section 16.2—G enetic Testing ..............245
Section 16.3—D NA Microarray
Technology .....................249
Section 16.4—G enome Editing
and CRISPR ....................251
Section 16.5—M essenger RNA .............258
Section 16.6— Cloning............................264
Chapter 17— Neurotechnology ..........................................................273
Chapter 18— Clinical Decision Support ...........................................277
Part 5. Diagnostic Technology
Chapter 19— Advances in Imaging ...................................................283
Section 19.1— Detection of Diabetic
Retinopathy ....................285
Section 19.2— Artificial Intelligence
in Diagnostic Imaging ...286
Section 19.3— Neuroimaging
Technique to Predict
Autism among
High-Risk Infants ..........290
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