Countries all around the world are trying to develop the healthcare systems they want, at a price they can afford. Can informatics help?
Topics include:
Economics and informatics
Private-public partnership
The role of informatics in health care reform
Increasing healthcare productivity
Improving health care quality
With the spotlight on patient safety and medical errors, can medical informatics come to the rescue?
Improving patient safety
Improving processes and outcomes
eHealth and the Internet
Healthcare has become the number one use of the Internet. What is the future of healthcare on the Internet?
Topics include:
Telemedicine
Telecare
Telehealth
Virtual medical education
The electronic health record and consumer health
Developing clinical applications
Developing and implementing clinical information systems is still an area of furious activity.
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