1. Uso de la computadora en la
Biomedicina
• Medical records
• Assisting in diagnosis
• Managing and office-practice tools
• Scientist researches
• External factors in biomedical setting

2. Terminology
• Medical computer science
• Information science
• Information theory
• Biomedical computing or biocomputation
• Medical informatics
• Health care informatics
• Biomedical informatics

3. Biomedical informatics
• Concept
– The scientific field that deals with biomedical
information, data and knowledge –their
storage, retrieval, and optimal use form problem
solving and decision making.

4. Historical perspective