Practical Pathology Informatics [recurso electrónico] : Demstifying informatics for the practicing anatomic pathologist / by John H. Sinard.

The Scope of Pathology Informatics -- Desktop Computers: Hardware -- Desktop Computers: Software -- Networking and the Internet -- Databases -- Pathology LIS: Relationship to Institutional Systems -- Evaluating Anatomic Pathology Information Systems -- Digital Imaging in Anatomic Pathology -- Video Microscopy and Telemicroscopy -- Electronic Interfaces and Data Exchange -- Case Identification by Diagnosis -- External Regulations Pertinent to LIS Management -- Pathology Informatics and the Future of Medicine.

Practical Pathology Informatics introduces and demystifies a variety of topics in the broad discipline of pathology informatics with a focus on issues of particular relevance to the practicing anatomic pathologist. Early chapters contain basic information about computers and databases which is applicable to any discipline, with the later chapters containing more anatomic pathology specific topics. Chapters can be read in any order and are divided into short sections. John H. Sinard, MD, PhD, is the Director of the Pathology Informatics Program, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.