Medical Informatics

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MEDICAL INFORMATICS
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MEDICAL INFORMATICS

• Information Technology in Medicine
• The study or use of processes (esp. computers,
  telecommunication etc.) for storing, retrieving
  and sending (medical) information

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Applications of Med. Informatics

1. Medical Education
2. Health care
3. Telemedicine
4. Hospital Information System (HIS)
5. Electronic Patient Record (EPR)
6. General applications
7. Specific computer applications

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Electronic Patient Records

• Hospital files records
• Smart cards
• - Chip based patient cards
• - Memory only
• - Microprocessor

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Medical Education

• Multimedia database
• Audiovisual presentations
• Online databases
• Distant Education
• Virtual imaging Simulation technology
• Paperless publications
• Conducting examinations

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General I.T. Applications

1. Administration General Personnel
2. Management of Stores/Inventories
3. Accounts/Auditing
4. Insurance/Payments/Receipts
5. Library Management, use of internet and
   multimedia

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Specific Computer assisted Applications

• Analyses of investigations/automated diagnoses
• Scans CT, MRI, Nuclear
• Graphs ECG, EEG, Echo
• Lab reports FAC scan/Genome etc.
• Photographs Anatomy
• Virtual endoscopic examination
• Decision making
• Automated diagnosis system
• Evidence based medicine/outcome analysis
• Treatments
• Radiotherapy schedules regimens
• Robotic surgery

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