Health informatics: Introduction, History and general presentation

HCI 111

By Dr. Khaled Ouanes Ph.D.E-mail: k.ouanes@seu.edu.sa

Twitter: @khaled_ouanes

BioMedical informatics: An Evolving Field

1950s Intuitively: “medical applications of computer science”

Medical computer scienceMedical information scienceBiomedical computingMedical informaticsHealth or healthcare informaticsClinical informatics

History 1949 Gustav Wager

1950 United States National Bureau of Standards

mid 50’s MYCIN

1965 Medline

1968 Homer Warner founded the department of medical informatics

1970 IMIA, MUMPS language and OS

Define Medical Informatics

No clear cut definitionDifferent schools of thought

Define Medical Informatics

Dr David ZitnerFour aspects of medical informatics:

Clinical careHealth service administrationResearch Patient and provider education

Define Medical InformaticsSystematic study Deals with all forms of “data”

Biological data Medical data Associated data

Problem solvingDecision making

Define Medical Informatics

Medical informatics is a scientific/systematicfield of study that deals with the acquiring,

storage,retrieval, and processing of medical, biological

and associated data, information and knowledge for the purpose of problem solving

and decision making

Data, Information, Knowledge

Data are the raw facts obtained

Information is outcome of analyzing data

Knowledge is obtained from analyzing information

Medical Informatics

Computerized Medical Records

Nursing Informatics

Medical Expert Systems

Computer-Aided Instruction

Physician Order Entry Systems

Policy Making

Veterinary Informatics

Telemedicine

Medical Software Security

Medical Software Engineering

BiomedicalComputing:Hardware and Software

Essential Concepts for Biomedical Computing

Hardware

o Servers

Essential Concepts for Biomedical Computing

Hardware

o Servers

o Personal Computers

Essential Concepts for Biomedical Computing

Hardware

o Servers

o Personal Computers

o Workstations

Essential Concepts for Biomedical Computing

Software

o Programming Languages

o Data Management

o Operating Systems

o Database Management Systems

o Software for Network Communication