1st Edition

Healthcare Informatics Innovation Post COVID-19 Pandemic

Edited By Philip Eappen, Narasimha Rao Vajjhala Copyright 2025
318 Pages 13 Color & 33 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

318 Pages 13 Color & 33 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

318 Pages 13 Color & 33 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

This book is essential reading for those in healthcare informatics, as well as healthcare administrators, clinicians, and regulators, as they navigate the evolving landscape of healthcare post-pandemic . — Dr. Steven D. Berkshire , professor and director of the Doctor of Health Administration Program, Central Michigan University The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought... Read more

1. Healthcare Informatics Innovation Post-COVID-19: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities
Philip Eappen and Narasimha Rao Vajjhala

2. Lessons Learned: COVID-19 and the Future of Healthcare Informatics
Khaldoun M. Aldiabat and Mohamad Musa

3. Telehealth Revolution: Bridging the Digital Divide
Ruiling Guo, Christopher Thompson, and Myllissa Reyes

4. Artificial Intelligence in Post-Pandemic Healthcare
Sarad Pawar Naik Bukke, Venkatesh Chandrakala, Anupam Maity, Chandrashekar Thalluri, Narayana Goruntla, Tadele Mekuriya Yadesa, and Soosamma John

5. Navigating Post-Pandemic Mental Health Challenges: Unleashing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence
Abilash K, Sindhuja Manisha Kamini P, and Ruchi Joshi

6. Leveraging Digital Health Technologies in Healthcare Teams: A Discussion of Policy and Practice in Canada
Charlotte Hruczkowski, Ryan Brown, and Tim Konoval

7. How Data-Driven Insights Can Improve Patient Outcomes, Public Health Strategies, and Decision-Making
Rafiqul Chowdhury and Sahand Ashtab

8. Genomics and Personalized Medicine: An Insight from The Healthcare Perspective
Tabsum Chhetri, Saurav Kumar Mishra, Anagha Balakrishnan, Sneha Roym, Kusum Gurung, and John J Georrge

9. Preferences and Selection of Vaccines by Health Consumers
Antonio Pesqueira, Andreia de Bem Machad, and Maria José Sousa

10. Innovation Management Practices in Kazakhstan's Healthcare Sector
Rajasekhara Mouly Potluri, Karina Kim,  and Bissultan Omirbayev

11. Advancing Healthcare Informatics in Fluorescence Microscopy Using Computational Imaging Techniques
Suman Kumar Maji and Jerome Boulanger

12. Global Healthcare Informatics – Structural Considerations and Workforce Training Challenges and Solutions
Philip Eappen, Karen Parker Davidson, Matthew MacLeod, Alex Cousins, and Virginia Gunn

13. Ethics, Privacy, and Security in Healthcare Informatics
Azamat Ali

14. Cybersecurity Challenges in Healthcare Informatics
Smitha Shivshankar, Neeraj Makhija, and Premkumar Mathusudhanan

15. Impact of Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Operations
Lola A. Osawe and Benjamin A. Osawe

16. Healthcare Cyberattacks Over the 2014-2023 Period: Trends, Lessons Learned, and Potential Paths Forward
David Ranney

17. Intelligent Transportation System for Healthcare Improvement
Angayarkanni S. A., Rajaram V, Pandimurugan V, Balakiruthiga B, Umamageswaran C., and Rajesh Babu

18. COVID-19: Predicting Daily Case Load and Mortality During Multiple Waves of the Epidemic in Different Countries
M. I. M. Wahab, Azam Dekamin, Nades Palaniyar, Mohamad Y. Jaber, and Horace Chan

Biography

Dr. Philip Eappen is an Assistant Professor of Healthcare Management at Cape Breton University. He also served as the director of clinical services and transition to community at the Breton Ability Center. With over a decade of experience in hospital and healthcare management operations, Dr. Eappen has a solid academic background. Before joining Cape Breton University, he taught healthcare management at the University of Toronto, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, and Fanshawe College. Dr. Eappen is a board director on various boards, including the American College of Healthcare Executives, Myeloma Canada, and Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Canada. Dr. Eappen is also a long-serving member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Canadian College of Health Leaders. His research interests are focused on healthcare innovations, particularly healthcare informatics, and he has published various articles, book chapters, and books on the subject in recent years.

Dr. Narasimha Rao Vajjhala currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the University of New York Tirana in Albania. He previously held the position of Chair for the Computer Science and Software Engineering programs at the American University of Nigeria. Dr. Vajjhala is a senior member of both the ACM and IEEE. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management (IJRCM) and a member of the Risk Management Society (RIMS) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). With over 23 years of experience, Dr. Vajjhala has taught programming and database-related courses across Europe and Africa at both graduate and undergraduate levels. He has also worked as a consultant for technology firms in Europe and participated in EU-funded projects. Dr. Vajjhala holds a Doctorate in Information Systems and Technology from the United States, a Master of Science in Computer Science and Applications from India, and a Master of Business Administration specializing in Information Systems from Switzerland.