Importance and utility. Medical data: Acquisition, storage, use, medical decision making. Data structures. Data bases. Networks and communication protocols. Health Information Systems design and evaluation. Applications: Medical record, hospital information system, radiology information system, laboratory information system, pharmaceutical information system, administrative information system of material and anaesthesiological administrative information system.
This lesson aims to provide the necessary theoretical and practical background in issues related to medical information systems. The students will be able to understand how data and systems are transformed in order to support hospitals, health centers, as well as the work of health actors (doctors, medical engineers, patients, etc.).