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Health Informatics
Health informatics
study and application of methods to improve the management of patient data, medical knowledge, population data and other information relevant to patient care and community health. emphasis on information management rather than technology.
(Wyatt, BMJ, 2006)
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Bioinformatics
Use of health informatics methods for molecular biology
Clinical informatics
Use of health informatics in the management of patients Examples : clinical decision support, security privacy and confidentiality, hospital information systems
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Hospitals
Hospital information systems
Philippine Heart Center, St. Lukes, Cardinal Santos, Asian Hospital BizBox, Microsoft Amalga
Category 6 10/100/1000 Mbps Copper Cables IBM P-650 Servers w/ AIX5 & Oracle 9i
Physicians
Electronic patient records and clinic information systems Klinika, Medbrilliance
Government
National Telehealth Program
Remote consultation using Internet
Skills in organizing and classifying information and optimizing access Help develop policy on technical standards
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Technical standards
ICD-10
International Classification of Diseases Used for billing and epidemiology
HL7
Health Level 7 Used for exchange for health information
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Epocrates
GIDEON
Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network Commercial Diagnostic aid for infectious diseases
GIDEON
Tools
Tools
The Internet is your library. Archive not just books, but also online resources and software I will focus on free (and legal) resources, since most of the commercial vendors already surround you.
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Tools
Online journals
Medline www.freemedicaljournals.com (including BMJ, NEJM) Herdin (www.herdin.ph, doh.herdin.ph)
Tools
Search engine
Google! Advanced tools (e.g. health informatics filetype:ppt) Keywords (e.g. anemia vs. decreased blood) RightHealth
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References
Emedicine (www.emedicine.com) Disease information written by physicians Patient education materials Continuing medical education
Tools
References
WebMD Mayo Clinic Medline Plus
Tools
Software
Portal Download.com (www.download.com) (sure to be virus free) Handheldmedicine.ca
Tools
Software
Clinical Epocrates Archimedes (medical calculator) Research Epi info Epi Maps Google Earth
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Conclusion
Health informatics is becoming an integral aspect of the delivery of healthcare in the Philippines Librarian and information science skills are essential in the development of health informatics in the country.
Organization of health information Access to reliable clinical information Access to easy to understand information for patients
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Thank you.