Medical informatics and information

Author

Zvárová, J.

Author_Institution

Eur. Center for Med. Inf., Stat. & Epidemiology, Charles Univ., Prague, Czech Republic

fYear

1997

fDate

7-9 Sep 1997

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

85

Abstract

Medical informatics has now been in existence for approximately 40 years, and it has been rapidly growing in the last decade. Despite major advantages in the science and technology of health care, it seems that the medical informatics discipline has the potential to improve and facilitate the ever-changing and ever-broadening mass of information concerning the etiology, prevention and treatment of diseases, as well as the maintenance of health. Its very broad field of interest covers many interdisciplinary research topics, with consequences for patient care and education

Keywords

health care; medical information systems; patient care; patient treatment; disease etiology; disease prevention; disease treatment; health care; health maintenance; interdisciplinary research topics; medical informatics; medical information; patient care; patient education; Biological information theory; Biomedical informatics; Computer science; Diseases; Displays; Information processing; Information technology; Medical services; Medical treatment; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 1997. ITAB '97., Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Region 8 International Conference

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4318-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.1997.649417

Filename

649417