Education Issues in Health Informatics

Health informatics is a growing science concerned with the techniques and methods applied in the management of information within the health sector. Its scope and objectives include the collection, storage, analysis, dissemination and use of medical knowledge in an economic and effective manner. Therefore, health informatics or medical information science deals with fundamental and applied issues in the use of computerised systems in all facets of the health care field including administration and management of hospitals, clinics and community care centres, biomedical research, public health, on-line medical libraries, pharmacies, patient-oriented applications, education and training.