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Public Health Informatics and Information Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
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Public Health Informatics and Information Systems (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
Series: Health Informatics
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Let us not go over the old ground, let us rather prepare for what
is to come. -Marcus Tullius Cicero Improvements in the health
status of communities depend on effective public health and
healthcare infrastructures. These infrastructures are increasingly
electronic and tied to the Internet. Incorporating emerging
technologies into the service of the community has become a
required task for every public health leader. The revolution in
information technology challenges every sector of the health
enterprise. Individuals, care providers, and public health agencies
can all benefit as we reshape public health through the adoption of
new infor- tion systems, use of electronic methods for disease
surveillance, and refor- tion of outmoded processes. However,
realizing the benefits will be neither easy nor inexpensive.
Technological innovation brings the promise of new ways of
improving health. Individuals have become more involved in knowing
about, and managing and improving, their own health through
Internet access. Similarly, healthcare p- viders are transforming
the ways in which they assess, treat, and document - tient care
through their use of new technologies. For example, point-of-care
and palm-type devices will soon be capable of uniquely identifying
patients, s- porting patient care, and documenting treatment simply
and efficiently.
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