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| =Medical Informatics= | |||
| Medical informatics is a field that has been born from a fusion on medicine and IT.Its basic purpose is to harness the power of the recent advancements in information technology for better mediacal diagnosis and treatment. | |||
| '''Medical Informatics''' (sometimes ], a later-generation term) is the name given to the application of information technology to healthcare. It is the: | |||
| <center>"understanding, skills and tools that enable the sharing and use of information to deliver healthcare and promote health" ''(British Medical Informatics Society)''.</center> | |||
| ==Aspects of the field== | |||
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| * architectures for ] | |||
| * messages for the exchange of information | |||
| * decision support systems in healthcare | |||
| * terminology systems and domain termlists | |||
| * and more mainstream systems and services as they apply particularly in the healthcare domain (such as any security implications unique to the protection of medical data) | |||
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Revision as of 17:09, 17 December 2003
Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics (sometimes Health Informatics, a later-generation term) is the name given to the application of information technology to healthcare. It is the:
Aspects of the field
These include:
- architectures for electronic healthcare records
- messages for the exchange of information
- decision support systems in healthcare
- terminology systems and domain termlists
- and more mainstream systems and services as they apply particularly in the healthcare domain (such as any security implications unique to the protection of medical data)