The first systematic survey of Healthcare Infrastructure, this book
describes the inevitable future of health systems. It gives a concrete
plan for improved quality at diminished cost, via merger of personal
medicine and public health. It discusses general aspects of
infrastructure engineering and specific aspects of healthcare systems.
It discusses current and future technologies for health measurement and
management. This book outlines how the health of populations will be
measured at the level of individuals, combining engineering and medicine
to support viable health systems for the first time. This book is
unique, in combining a systematic survey of health determinants with a
research monograph on health technologies. Readers will gain a broad
context and a deep knowledge of future information technology applied to
health systems.