Health Informatics:: A Global Perspective
Health Informatics:: A Global Perspective
Health Informatics:: A Global Perspective
A Global Perspective
Nursing Dental
Health Bio
Consumer
Public Pharmacy Clinical
Health Informatics
(Medical Informatics)
Math
Computer
Science Information
Science
HEALTH
Medical Informatics
• Has been defined as the art and science of
organizing knowledge of human health and
disease and making it accessible and useful for
problem solving
• The internet is truly the defining information
structure of the global village.
Bull Med Libr Assoc 84(1);1996:11-16
The Informatics of health care reform
Health Informatics
Tools include:
• clinical guidelines
• medical terminologies
• information systems
• communication systems
Global Organizations
• World Health Organization (WHO)
www.who.int/en