Written for healthcare workers, students, and biomedical researchers who wish to use informatics technologies in their own clinics and laboratories.

Biomedical Informatics explains how biomedical data is acquired, organized, annotated and analyzed.

An extensive Appendix describes free, open source tools that will facilitate software interoperability and greatly reduce the costs of information technology.

Contains detailed descriptions of numerous free public-use data sources, including terminologies, biological databases, disease databases, and data standards.

Teaches Basic Perl programming in two chapters and provides informatics algorithms that can be easily implemented by the reader.

Provides a practical review of the ethical, legal and social aspects of biomedical informatics.

Describes methods for de-identifying, scrubbing and sharing medical data in a manner that protects patient confidentiality and privacy.