Biomedical and health informatics applies principles of computer and information science to the advancement of life sciences research, health professions education, public health, and patient care. This multidisciplinary and integrative field focuses on health information technologies (HIT), and...
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April 14, 2011
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) encompasses a variety of approaches to provide clinicians, staff, patients, and other concerned individuals with timely, relevant information that can improve decision making, prevent errors, and enhance health and health care. CDS tools and interventions include...
April 14, 2011
The health sector is engaged in a wide-scale implementation of interoperable health and communications technology and information systems to support clinical care and health information exchange. There is a critical need to increase and broaden the pool of workers who can help organizations...
April 14, 2011
Use of clinical information can improve the quality of health care experiences for individuals, expand knowledge about disease and treatment and prevention, improve understanding about the effectiveness and efficiency of health care systems, aid businesses in meeting the needs of their employees...
April 14, 2011
Increasing numbers of organizations are implementing health information and communication technology (HIT) or are transitioning to more robust information systems that include computer-based order entry and clinical decision support. There are mounting pressures and incentives to deploy and use...
March 26, 2009
Surveys show that the American public supports having their personal health information used in research to inform public policy and practice, as long as appropriate privacy protections are in place. Large, population-level healthcare databases enable researchers to discover answers to questions...
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