Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2004

Objectives of the Yearbook of Medical Informatics - To present an overview of the most excellent, original and state-of-the-art research in the area of Health and Medical Informatics of the past year. - To provide information about the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), its member societies, working/special interest groups and institutional members. Target Audience of the Yearbook of Medical Informatics - Health and Medical Informatics scientists in research, education and practice worldwide - Health care professionals interested in current Health and Medical Informatics research results - Health and Medical Informatics students and postgraduates Contents The Yearbook of Medical Informatics gives an overview of the latest excellent research activities in the field of Health and Medical Informatics. It contains original papers from the categories: - Health and Clinical Management - Patient Records - Helth Information Systems - Medical Signal Processing - Biomedical Imaging - Decision Support, Knowledge Representation and Management - Education and Consumer Informatics - Towards Clinical Bioinformatics (Special Section).