1. Health in the digital world : transformational trends / Kendall Ho -- 2. The effectiveness of health informatics / Francesco Paolucci, Henry Ergas, Terry Hannan, Jos Aarts -- 3. Closing the gap : e-health and optimization of patient care / Malina Jordanova -- 4. Risks and benefits of technology in health care / Stefane M. Kabene, Melody Wolfe -- 5. The computer-assisted patient consultation : promises and challenges / Aviv Shachak, Shmuel Reis -- 6. The electronic patient record : a practicing physician's perspective / Nicholas G. Bircher -- 7. Extending health services to rural communities : telepediatrics in Queensland / Anthony C. Smith, Sisira Edirippulige -- 8. Health service quality information comparison : a preliminary investigation / Yun Wan, Susan Evans-Mueller -- 9. Systems engineering and health informatics : context, content, and implementation / Kalyan Sunder Pasupathy -- 10. Healthcare among the people : teams of leaders concept (ToL) and the world of technology-oriented global healthcare / Dag von Lubitz -- 11. Will privacy concerns derail the electronic health record? : balancing the risks and benefits / Candace J. Gibson, Kelly J. Abrams -- 12. New technology and implications for healthcare and public health : the case of probabilistic record linkage / Gulzar H. Shah, Kaveepan Lertwachara, Anteneh Ayanso -- 13. Biobanking : justice, social consensus, and the marginalized / Robert J. Barnet --

14. Functional neuroimaging, free will, and privacy / Nada Gligorov, Stephen C. Krieger -- 15. Integrating supports for ubiquitous eldercare / Dario Bottazzi, Rebecca Montanari, Tarik Taleb -- 16. Implications of Web 2.0 technology on healthcare : a biomedical semantic blog case study / Jinan Fiaidhi, Sabah Mohammed, Yuan Wei -- 17. Technology transforming healthcare : tipping points, strange attractors, and a singularity / Emmett Davis.