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Lazakidou (health informatics, U. of Peloponnese, Greece) and Daskalaki, a dentist and bioinformatician who works at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Germany, assemble 15 articles by researchers of molecular biology, informatics, computer science, and nursing, from Europe, the US, and China on measuring and improving the quality of service in the healthcare industry in the areas of nursing, service delivery, and personalized medicine. The articles address concepts, practices, techniques, and challenges in areas such as clinical diagnostic methods for cardiovascular diagnosis and traditional Chinese medicine gynecology; methods for basic research on stem cells, the analysis of biological pathways in disease, and exogenous control of gene expression; ethical guidelines for quality assessment and educational practice for quality; the role of technology in quality improvement; quality assurance in drug delivery and telemedicine service; the use of geographical information systems for disease monitoring and electronic health records; the use of risk management, knowledge transfer, and quality assurance to improve health care; and the role of information technology in assessment. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
