LIMSWiki:Resources

Welcome to the LIMSwiki informatics resource portal

Books

Resources for finding books related to laboratory and other types of informatics

CRC Press, informatics books

International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), all books

IOS Press, all books

Jones and Bartlett Learning, bioinformatics books

The National Academies Press, computers and information technology books

Springer, all books

Wiley, all books

Informatics books

• Carter, Jerome H., ed. (2008). Electronic Health Records (2nd ed.). American College of Physicians. pp. 530. ISBN 9781930513976. https://www.acponline.org/ebizatpro/ProductsandServices/BooksfromACPPress/ACPPressDetail/tabid/203/Default.aspx?ProductId=17173. 

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• Bali, Rajeev K. (2005). Clinical Knowledge Management: Opportunities and Challenges (1st ed.). IGI Global. pp. 334. ISBN 9781591403005. http://www.igi-global.com/book/clinical-knowledge-management/155. 

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• Cowan, Daniel, ed. (2002). Informatics for the Clinical Laboratory: A Practical Guide (1st ed.). Springer. pp. 324. ISBN 9780387244495. http://www.springer.com/public+health/book/978-0-387-95362-5. 

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• Davis, Nadinia A.; LaCour, Melissa (2013). Health Information Technology (3rd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 604. ISBN 9781437727364. http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=9781437727364. 

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• Ekins, Sean; Hupcey, Maggie A. Z.; Williams, Antony J.; Bingham, Alpheus, ed. (2011). Collaborative Computational Technologies for Biomedical Research (1st ed.). Wiley. pp. 576. ISBN 9780470638033. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470638036.html. 

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• Gammack, John; Hobbs, Val; Pigott, Diarmuid, ed. (2011). The Book of Informatics (1st revised ed.). Cengage Learning. pp. 542. ISBN 9780170216005. http://www.cengage.com/aushed/instructor.do?disciplinenumber=1003&product_isbn=9780170216005. 

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• Hebda, Toni Lee; Czar, Patricia (2012). Handbook of Informatics for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals (5th ed.). Pearson. pp. 624. ISBN 9780132574952. http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Handbook-of-Informatics-for-Nurses-Healthcare-Professionals/9780132574952.page. 

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• Hoyt, Robert E.; Bailey, Nora; Yoshihashi, Ann, ed. (2012). Health Informatics: Practical Guide For Healthcare And Information Technology Professionals (5th ed.). Lulu Press. pp. 490. ISBN 9781105437557. http://www.lulu.com/shop/robert-e-hoyt-and-nora-bailey-and-ann-yoshihashi/health-informatics-practical-guide-for-healthcare-and-information-technology-professionals-fifth-edition/paperback/product-18864042.html. 

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• International Medical Informatics Association, ed. (2012). IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics. Schattauer Publishers. ISBN 9783794526512. http://www.schattauer.de/en/magazine/subject-areas/journals-a-z/imia-yearbook/objectives-contents-formats/issue/special/manuscript/11851/show.html. 

• Kagadis, George C.; Langer, Steve G., ed. (2011). Informatics in Medical Imaging (1st ed.). CRC Press. pp. 367. ISBN 9781439831243. http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439831243. 

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• Liu, Q.; Bai, Q.; Giugni, S.; Williamson, D.; Taylor, J., ed. (2012). Data Provenance and Data Management in eScience (2013 ed.). Springer. pp. 184. ISBN 9783642299308. http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-3-642-29930-8. 

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• Lorenzi, Nancy M.; Riley, Robert T. (2004). Managing Technological Change: Organizational Aspects of Health Informatics (2nd ed.). Springer. pp. 305. ISBN 9781441931337. http://www.springer.com/medicine/book/978-0-387-98548-0. 

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• Pantanowitz, Liron; Tuthill, J. Mark; Balis, Ulysses G.J. (2012). Pathology Informatics: Theory and Practice (1st ed.). American Society for Clinical Pathology. pp. 336. ISBN 9780891895831. http://www.ascp.org/Store/Books/5831.html. 

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• Shortliffe, Edward H.; Cimino, James J., ed. (2010). Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine (3rd revised ed.). Springer. pp. 1038. ISBN 9780387362786. http://www.springer.com/public+health/book/978-0-387-28986-1. 

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• Taylor, Paul, ed. (2006). From Patient Data to Medical Knowledge: The Principles and Practice of Health Informatics (1st ed.). BMJ Books. pp. 272. ISBN 9780727917751. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0727917757.html. 

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• Thomas-Brogan, Teri, ed. (2008). Health Information Technology Basics: A Concise Guide to Principles and Practice (1st ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 180. ISBN 9780763746872. http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9780763746872/. 

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• Wager, Karen A.; Lee, Frances W.; Glaser, John P., ed. (2009). Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management (2nd ed.). Jossey-Bass. pp. 544. ISBN 9780470387801. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470387807.html. 

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Magazines, journals, and blogs

Magazines

• American Laboratory: provides "analytical chemists and life scientists with up-to-date information about equipment, instrumentation, and applications that they use in their labs every day."

• Ariadne: Web Magazine for Information Professionals: created "to inform policy-makers and practitioners in the higher education and research sectors of developments in the online environment."

• Bio-IT World: "provides topical news coverage and analysis of cutting-edge technologies to handle the data deluge in petascale computing and the tools to deliver individualized medicine."

• Bioscience Technology: "provides life science/biotechnology researchers with new product and new technology information."

• Chromatography Techniques: "presents bylined articles, new products, technologies and application notes covering gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, ion chromatography, chemistries and columns, software, sample prep, spectroscopy and more."

• Clinical Lab Products: "focuses exclusively on products and technology for the clinical lab industry."

• Drug Discovery & Development: "delivers insight into the full landscape of technologies, tools, and business/regulatory strategies that help scientists and executives accelerate the pace and productivity of drug research and development."

• Drug Discovery World: "examines the advances in new science and technology with a view to the commercial implications of implementing those advances and whether they can truly bring benefits to the industry as a whole" and to "the discovery and development of new therapeutics."

• European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer: keeps "readers abreast of the latest offerings and developments in R&D and manufacturing products and equipment, ingredients and contract services."

• Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News: covers "the entire bioproduct life cycle from early-stage R&D, to applied research including omics, biomarkers, as well as diagnostics, to bioprocessing and commercialization."

• Health Data Management: focuses on the process of "using information technology to achieve business goals and improve the quality of care" offered to individuals.

• Healthcare Informatics: covers topics like EMR, EHR, wireless technologies, meaningful use policy, patient safety, point-of-care technology, health information exchange, and hospital administration.

• Lab Manager: "analyzes the strong link between business strategy, technological innovation and implementation."

• Laboratory Design: serves the "community involved in the design, construction, and operation of laboratory facilities, including building owners and operators, high-level lab users and managers, and the building team."

• Laboratory Informatics Guide: a yearly special supplement to Scientific Computing World subscribers that provides articles and information about laboratory informatics.

• Laboratory Equipment: provides "concise and insightful information on the latest scientific instruments, software, supplies, and equipment."

• Laboratory News: provides "readers with comprehensive and detailed coverage of the issues facing contemporary science."

• Life Science Leader: provides life science executives with the industry's best practices and "motivate[s] them to implement those best practices in their own businesses."

• Medical Laboratory Observer: provides "lab professionals with peer-reviewed editorials, answers to critical questions and important product information."

• Medical Technology Business Europe: covers "developments in medical technology, focusing on medical devices with electronics, and nanotechnology, diagnostics, biotechnology, and advanced prosthetics/ implants."

• Modern Healthcare: delivers "healthcare business and policy news, research and information."

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: covers "best practices, key trends, developments and successful applications" in the field of pharmaceutical manufacturing.

• Pharmaceutical Technology / Pharmaceutical Technology Europe: provides "peer-reviewed research and expert analyses for scientists, engineers, and managers" in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, with the "Europe" version focusing on the European market.

• Pulse+IT: eHealth and health IT topics primarily targeted at the Australian and New Zealand health sectors.

• R&D Magazine: provides news and technical articles that focus on the research and development industry.

• Research Information: provides news and articles about "online content and information management."

• Scientific Computing: "covers the new products, services, and technologies that are available to science professionals."

• Scientific Computing World: "dedicated to the computing and information technology needs of professionals working in science, technology, engineering, and medicine."

• The Scientist: "dedicated to covering a wide range of topics central to the study of cell and molecular biology, genetics, and other life-science fields."

Journals

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Blogs

Individual blogs

• Australian Health Information Technology: informs and provides a discussion platform for eHealth topics in Australia and beyond.

• The Digital Pathology Blog - Laboratory Informatics News: "educate[s] and inform[s] the pathology and laboratory community about digital pathology."

• eHealth: features eHealth and health IT topics from John Sharp, an IT manager for a major medical center in Northeast Ohio.

• The Electronic Lab Notebook Blog: features ELN topics from Rory Macneil, CEO of Research Space.

• Gobbledygook: features topics on how the Internet is changing scholarly communication, by medical doctor and cancer researcher Martin Fenner.

• Health IT Buzz: features topics on the United States' transition to electronic health records," from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

• HealthBlog: "thoughts, comments, news, and reflections about healthcare IT from Microsoft's worldwide health senior director Bill Crounse, MD."

• The Healthcare IT Guy: focuses on "healthcare IT with an emphasis on e-health, EHR/EMR, meaningful use, data integration, medical device connectivity, health informatics, and legacy modernization," by software analyst Shahid Shah.

• HIStalk: offers news and opinion on healthcare IT.

• Hodge's Model: "provides a space for reflections on a health, social care, and informatics model with universal potential in terms of application and users," by mental health nurse and informatics specialist Peter Jones.

• Informatics Professor: "maintains the thoughts on various topics related to biomedical and health informatics by Dr. William Hersh, Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University"

• The Integrated Lab: provides information and open discussion on any topic dealing with laboratory integration.

• IT Everything: covers healthcare IT, by reporter and editor Joseph Conn.

• Lab Soft News: covers topics of healthcare IT and pathology informatics, by Bruce Friedman, Emeritus Professor of Pathology in the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School

• The Management of Disinformation: covers topics of healthcare IT and telemedicine, by copywriter and telecare consultant Guy Dewsbury.

• Meaningful HIT News: covers meaningful topics regarding healthcare IT, by professional healthcare IT journalist Neil Versel.

• Nursing Informatics & Technology: covers the topics of "healthcare informatics, technological development and implementation."

• On Informatics: "dedicated to uncovering the meanings and applications of medical informatics."

• Out on a LIMS: covers the topics of LIMS, ELN, and other aspects of laboratory informatics, by Gloria Metrick of GeoMetrick Enterprises.

• RX Informatics: "seeks to better the healthcare, pharmacy, and information technology community by providing an online presence for collaboration."

• Social Informatics Blog: covers topics on the "intersections of technology, information, and media as well as countless other paths of research."

• The Telecare Blog: covers the topic of telecare, by copywriter and telecare consultant Guy Dewsbury.

• Telehealth & Telecare Aware: aims to help telecare and telehealth "suppliers and service providers around the world keep up to date with what each other are doing."

Corporate blogs

• ABB Blog: the official blog of power and industrial automation equipment and software developer ABB Ltd.

• Accelrys Blog: the official blog of laboratory informatics software developer Accelrys, Inc.

• Ambidata Blog: the official blog of laboratory informatics software developer Ambidata Digital Innovation Solutions & Consulting, Lda.

• BioData Blog: the official blog for laboratory informatics software developer BioData Inc.'s Labguru product.

• KineMatik Blog: the official blog of laboratory informatics software developer KineMatik Ltd.

• LABVANTAGE Blog: the official blog of laboratory informatics software developer LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc.

Organizations, not-for-profits, and special interest groups

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Government and academic

Educational programs, training, and certifications

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Conferences and trade shows

Conferences

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Trade shows

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Knowledge base, research, and reference

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