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March 15, 2007
Introduction to Health Informatics: The first few weeks
Thanks to Anna for getting my blog on the Health Informatics class added to the HSL Staff Blog list. Trying to catch all of you up on the topics covered in this course so far will be the focus of the next few blogs. We began with a discussion of basic concepts by the instructor for the course, Kai Zheng. Among these concepts were (1) defining what health informatics is or, more precisely, what does it involve; (2) a brief survey of the history of health informatics; and (3) what are the future goals and objectives for health informatics, particularly in the United States. We were also introduced to two systems that we will learn more about: the Clinical Reminder System (CRS) in use in Pennsylvania and CareWeb here at UMHS. For those interested in more information about health informatics, there are a couple of associations that provide useful information. These are the American Health Information Management Association and the American Medical Informatics Association.
Posted by mlswanso at March 15, 2007 10:49 AM