THEENGINESOFHIPPOCRATES:FROMTHEDAWNOFMEDICINETOMEDICALANDPHARMACEUTICALINFORMATICS

Aunique,integrativelookatinformation-basedmedicineTheconvergenceofmedicalscience,biology,pharmacology,biomedicalengineering,healthcare,andinformationtechnologyisrevolutionizingmedicalandscientificpractice,andhasbroadersocialimplicationsstillbeingunderstood.TheEnginesofHippocratesprovidesaunique,integrative,andholisticlookatthenewparadigmofinformation-basedmedicine,coveringabroadrangeoftopicsforawidereadership.Theauthorstakeacomprehensiveapproach,examiningtheprehistory,history,andfutureofmedicineandmedicaltechnologyanditsrelationtoinformation;howhistoryledtosuchpresent-daydiscoveriesasthestructureofDNA,thehumangenome,andthedisciplineofbioinformatics;andwhatthefutureresultsofthesediscoveriesmayhold.Theirfar-rangingviewsaretheirownandnotnecessarilythoseoftheIBMCorporationorotheremployers.TheEnginesofHippocrateshelpsreadersunderstand:Forcesshapingthepharmaceuticalandbiomedicalindustriestoday,includingpersonalizedmedicine,genomics,datamining,andbionanotechnologyTherelationshipbetweenpharmaceuticalsciencetodayandotherdisciplinessuchasphilosophyofhealth,history,economics,mathematics,andcomputerscienceTheintegratedrolealternativeandnon-Westernmedicinescouldplayinanew,information-basedmedicinePractical,ethical,organizational,technological,andsocialproblemsofinformation-basedmedicine,alongwithanoveldata-centriccomputingmodelandaself-adaptivesoftwareengineeringmodel,andcorrespondinginformationtechnologyarchitectures,includingperspectivesonsharingremotedataefficientlyandsecurelyforthecommongoodAnunmatched,cross-disciplinaryperspectiveonthebigpictureoftodayandtomorrow'smedicine,TheEnginesofHippocratesprovidesareferencetointerestedreadersbothinsideandoutsidethepharmaceuticalandmedicalcommunities,aswellasapeerlessclassroomsupplementtostudentsinawidevarietyofdisciplines.