Quality of Life Through Quality of Information

Quality of Life Through Quality of Information
Author: European Federation for Medical Informatics
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 1284
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1614991014

Medical informatics and electronic healthcare have many benefits to offer in terms of quality of life for patients, healthcare personnel, citizens and society in general. But evidence-based medicine needs quality information if it is to lead to quality of health and thus to quality of life. This book presents the full papers accepted for presentation at the MIE2012 conference, held in Pisa, Italy, in August 2012. The theme of the 2012 conference is ‘Quality of Life through Quality of Information’. As always, the conference provides a unique platform for the exchange of ideas and experiences among the actors and stakeholders of ICT supported healthcare. The book incorporates contributions related to the latest achievements in biomedical and health informatics in terms of major challenges such as interoperability, collaboration, coordination and patient-oriented healthcare at the most appropriate level of care. It also offers new perspectives for the future of biomedical and health Informatics, critical appraisal of strategies for user involvement, insights for design, deployment and the sustainable use of electronic health records, standards, social software, citizen centred e-health, and new challenges in rehabilitation and social care informatics. The topics presented are interdisciplinary in nature and will be of interest to a variety of professionals; physicians, nurses and other allied health providers, health informaticians, engineers, academics and representatives from industry and consultancy in the various fields.

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Author: Niels Peek
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2013-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642383262

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2013, held in Murcia, Spain, in May/June 2013. The 43 revised full and short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: decision support, guidelines and protocols; semantic technology; bioinformatics; machine learning; probabilistic modeling and reasoning; image and signal processing; temporal data visualization and analysis; and natural language processing.

Stephens' Detection and Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reactions

Stephens' Detection and Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reactions
Author: John Talbot
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 751
Release: 2011-10-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1119952107

The detection and evaluation of adverse drug reactions is crucial for understanding the safety of medicines and for preventing harm in patients. Not only is it necessary to detect new adverse drug reactions, but the principles and practice of pharmacovigilance apply to the surveillance of a wide range of medicinal products. Stephens' Detection and Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reactions provides a comprehensive review of all aspects of adverse drug reactions throughout the life cycle of a medicine, from toxicology and clinical trials through to pharmacovigilance, risk management, and legal and regulatory requirements. It also covers the safety of biotherapeutics and vaccines and includes new chapters on pharmacogenetics, proactive risk management, societal considerations, and the safety of drugs used in oncology and herbal medicines. This sixth edition of the classic text on drug safety is an authoritative reference text for all those who work in pharmacovigilance or have an interest in adverse drug reactions, whether in regulatory authorities, pharmaceutical companies, or academia. Praise for previous editions "This book presents a comprehensive and wide-ranging overview of the science of pharmacovigilance. For those entering or already experienced in the pharmaceutical sciences, this is an essential work.” - from a review in E-STREAMS "...a key text in the area of pharmacovigilance...extensively referenced and well-written...a valuable resource..." - from a review in The Pharmaceutical Journal

A to Z of Pharmacovigilance

A to Z of Pharmacovigilance
Author: Dr Azmath Unnisa Begum, VEERENDRA CHAURASIA, Rahathunnisa Begum, Dr. Sarthak Bhattacharya, Meesa Madhavi
Publisher: Shashwat Publication
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2024-04-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9360870366

A to Z of Pharmacovigilance serves as your comprehensive companion to understanding the science and practice of drug safety, adhering to the latest syllabus prescribed by the Pharmacy Council of India (BP 805 T). This book empowers pharmacy students and professionals alike to navigate the ever-evolving world of pharmacovigilance. A to Z of Pharmacovigilance is an indispensable resource for Pharmacy students pursuing BP 805 T curriculumand for pharmacy professionals seeking to enhance their pharmacovigilance knowledge and also for anyone who is interested in understanding the importance of drug safety, and want to grasp the global and Indian regulatory framework governing pharmacovigilance activities.

SMQs

SMQs
Author: Cioms
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9789290360773

The aim of this publication is to brief drug regulatory authorities, scientific institutions and pharmaceutical companies worldwide about the development, purpose and appropriate use of Standardized MedDRA Queries (SMQs) in drug surveillance. Two papers in this publication are to assist in the rational use of search queries in the identification and retrieval of potentially relevant individual case safety reports from a database and to harmonize presentation of search results. It also includes examples to illustrate the structure and content of end product.

Mann's Pharmacovigilance

Mann's Pharmacovigilance
Author: Elizabeth B. Andrews
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 878
Release: 2014-03-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118820142

Highly Commended at the BMA Medical Book Awards 2015 Mann’s Pharmacovigilance is the definitive reference for the science of detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of the adverse effects of medicines, including vaccines and biologics. Pharmacovigilance is increasingly important in improving drug safety for patients and reducing risk within the practice of pharmaceutical medicine. This new third edition covers the regulatory basis and the practice of pharmacovigilance and spontaneous adverse event reporting throughout the world. It examines signal detection and analysis, including the use of population-based databases and pharmacoepidemiological methodologies to proactively monitor for and assess safety signals. It includes chapters on drug safety practice in specific organ classes, special populations and special products, and new developments in the field. From an international team of expert editors and contributors, Mann’s Pharmacovigilance is a reference for everyone working within pharmaceutical companies, contract research organisations and medicine regulatory agencies, and for all researchers and students of pharmaceutical medicine. The book has been renamed in honor of Professor Ronald Mann, whose vision and leadership brought the first two editions into being, and who dedicated his long career to improving the safety and safe use of medicines.

Quantitative Drug Safety and Benefit Risk Evaluation

Quantitative Drug Safety and Benefit Risk Evaluation
Author: William Wang
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0429949995

Quantitative Methodologies and Process for Safety Monitoring and Ongoing Benefit Risk Evaluation provides a comprehensive coverage on safety monitoring methodologies, covering both global trends and regional initiatives. Pharmacovigilance has traditionally focused on the handling of individual adverse event reports however recently there had been a shift towards aggregate analysis to better understand the scope of product risks. Written to be accessible not only to statisticians but also to safety scientists with a quantitative interest, this book aims to bridge the gap in knowledge between medical and statistical fields creating a truly multi-disciplinary approach that is very much needed for 21st century safety evaluation.

Side Effects of Drugs Annual

Side Effects of Drugs Annual
Author: Jeffrey K. Aronson
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 849
Release: 2009-11-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0080932991

The Side Effects of Drugs Annual was first published in 1977. It has been continually published since then, as a yearly update to the voluminous encyclopedia Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs. Each new Annual continues to provide clinicians and medical investigators with a reliable and critical yearly survey of new data and trends in the area of adverse drug reactions and interactions. An international team of specialists has contributed to the informative Annual by critically interpreting it and by pointing to whatever is misleading. - Provides a critical yearly survey of new data and trends - Special reviews in this Annual include, among other topics: Epidemiology of the use of ecstasy, Paracetamol and the risk of asthma, Combination vaccines/multiple immunizations, Interactions of herbal medicines with warfarin, and Tyrosine kinase inhibitors