Hristidis (computing and information sciences, Florida International U.) compiles 10 chapters that examine the problem of information discovery in electronic health records, and methods of searching and mining electronic health records collections for patterns, group entities in various classes, or given properties. Scientists in the areas of computer science, medicine, law, math, decision science, and biomedical engineering from the US and Europe also address the XML language used in formatting; what information records include; data quality and integration issues; ethical, legal, and social issues; data mining techniques; and searching and processing medical images. The book is aimed at medical informaticians, computer scientists, medical and other students, and medical and statistical researchers. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)