Medical informatics: where are we in 2002?
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: Medical Informatics embodies two rather broad domains: “medical” and “informatics.” As described by the American Medical Informatics Association, “Medical informatics has to do with all aspects of understanding and promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in health care. …A common thread through medical informatics has been the emphasis on technology as an integral tool to help organize, analyze, manage, and use information. …Today medical informatics also…(includes) activities focused on dimensions that include the administration and everyday collection and use of information in health care” (www.amia.org).
Given this broad focus and its importance in today's medical practice, I have chosen as “medical” topics the Computer-based Patient Record and Computerized Physician Order Entry and as “informatics” topics Hand-Held Mobile Computers and the Internet. I will also include a brief update on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Source: PubMed Central
Author: Lynn R Witherspoon
Institution: Ochsner Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Health Information Management
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2278343871