For Medical Students

1. Medical Informatics
Suraj Honakamble,
Intern, MIMS Mandya.

2. Contents
 Definition
 Introduction
 History
 Medical Informatics Areas
 Uses
 Barriers to progress
 Summary
 References
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3. Definitions
 Medical Information Science is the science of
using system-analytic tools to develop procedures
(algorithms) for management, process control,
decision making and scientific analysis of medical
knowledge
-Ted Shortliffe
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Medical Informatics comprises the theoretical and
practical aspects of information processing and
communication, based on knowledge and
experience derived from processes in medicine and
health care
- Jan van Bemmel

5. Introduction
 Medical informatics is the application of
computers-all fields of medicine
 It is rapidly developing scientific field
 It deals with resources, devices and formalized
methods
 Branch of science-concerned with use of
computers and communication technology
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Acquisition of data from patients
Processing and storage of data
Transformation of data
Information

7. History
 Earliest use of computation for medicine - dental
projects
 1950-United States National Bureau of Standards
by Robert Ledley
 Mid 1950s -development of expert systems such
as MYCIN and INTERNIST-I
 1965-National Library of Medicine - MEDLINE and
MEDLARS
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 In India-IAMI-Indian Association for Medical
Informatics
 IAMI was registered in September 1993
 Its Registered Office-Department of Clinical
Pharmacology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical
Sciences, in Hyderabad, India.

9.  IAMI has conducted many beginner courses
 In 2001, it started a discussion group for
Medical Informatics.
 IAMI got its own web site in 2002.
 Its Journal "Indian Journal of Medical
Informatics" was started in May 2004 .
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10. Health Informatics consists of
 Information Technology
◦ Health care
◦ Research
◦ Education
 Fundamentals
◦ Communication
◦ Knowledge Management
◦ Decision support
◦ Clinical Information Management
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11. Uses of Medical Informatics
 Communication
◦ Telemedicine
◦ Tele-radiology
◦ Patient e-mail
◦ Presentations
 Knowledge management
◦ Journals
◦ Consumer Health information
◦ Evidence-based medical information
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12.  Decision Support
◦ Reminder systems
◦ Diagnostic Expert Systems
◦ Drug Interaction
 Information Management
◦ Electronic Medical Records
◦ Billing transactions
◦ Ordering Systems
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13. Computer makes the Diagnostic-Therapeutic Cycle,
Simplified
Patient
Data collection:
-History
-Physical examinations
-Laboratory and other tests
Decision
making
Planning
Information
Diagnosis/assessment
Theraphyia
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Data
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14. Examples of Medical Informatics
Areas
 Hospital information systems
◦ Electronic medical records & medical
vocabularies
◦ laboratory information systems
◦ pharmaceutical information systems
◦ radiological (imaging) information systems
◦ Patient monitoring systems
 Clinical decision-support systems
◦ Diagnosis/interpretation
◦ Therapy/management
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16. Barriers to Progress
 Time
 Expertise
 Access
 Resources
 Support
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17. Summary
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19. References
 AFMC textbook of public health and community
medicine
 Indian Association for Medical Informatics-article
(://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IndianAssociationforMedicalI
nformatics)
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