Statistical, Mapping and Digital Approaches in Healthcare

✍ Scribed by Maignant, Gilles;Staccini, Pascal

• Publisher: ISTE Press Limited - Elsevier Incorporated;ISTE Ltd
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Series: Territory management and digital healthcare set
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Front Cover; Statistical, Mapping and Digital Approaches in Healthcare; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. From the Territory to Health Territories; 1.1. Territory: originally a geographic and administrative concept; 1.2. Health territories; 1.3. Health of territories; 1.4. Understanding the links between environment and health within a territory; 1.5. From the environment to health: a question of exposure; 1.6. Exposure to fine particles and respiratory problems: from hospitalization to mortality

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Statistical, Mapping and Digital Approaches in Healthcare
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. From the Territory to Health Territories
1.1. Territory: originally a geographic and administrative concept
1.2. Health territories
1.3. Health of territories
1.4. Understanding the links between environment and health within a territory
1.5. From the environment to health: a question of exposure
1.6. Exposure to fine particles and respiratory problems: from hospitalization to mortality 1.7. Air pollution in the city, impact on health of vulnerable populations and overall perceptionChapter 2. The Contribution of Statistics to the Understanding of Health Issues in a Territory
2.1. Statistics: a historical contribution to the understanding of phenomena
2.2. On the relevance of the indicators
2.3. Data sources: Big Data and its use in health
2.4. Problem of data alignment: the issue of usable formats
2.5. Ethical issues surrounding data
Chapter 3. Contribution of Cartography to the Understanding of Health Issues
3.1. Reflection on cartography and its contributions 3.2. A few helpful elements in cartography 3.2.1. Quadrat sampling: measurement of spatial dissimilarity3.3. The MAUP and the problem of data aggregation
3.4. What are the constraints in the area of health?
3.5. Example of the development of an environment-health platform
3.6. Optimization of emergency services during times of crisis: the application GÉOSAMU
Chapter 4. Contribution of Digital Technology to the Understanding of Health Issues in a Territory
4.1. Consumer health informatics: what are the benefits for the patient, and what are the drawbacks? 4.2. E-health: a new development in health in the world4.3. Health itineraries and differentiated vulnerability
4.4. From model sets to serious games models
4.5. Connected medical consultations: how will medicine be practiced in tomorrow's world?
Chapter 5. The Territory as an Issue of Integration into a Process of Optimization
5.1. Territories as a catalyst for the development of Smart cities
5.2. A new theory of the optimum: constructal theory --
a step towards a possible transfer into other sciences
5.3. Issues in terms of health
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Back Cover

✦ Subjects

Medical geography--Statistical methods;Medical statistics;POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security;POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare;Public health--Statistical methods;;Public health -- Statistical methods;Medical geography -- Statistical methods;POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security;POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare