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Health Informatics Series
Health Informatics Series
Mark H. Spohr, MD
Health Care Informatics
IER/HIS, World Health
Organization, 20, Avenue Appia,
CH-1211 Geneva 27
SWITZERLAND
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Why Health Informatics?
Health Informatics provides information
to make decisions
Storage
Communication
Manipulation
Display
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Health Information Systems
Context
Collaborative Communities
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Decisions Determine Data
Build Software
– Long expensive process not guaranteed to succeed.
Modify
– Start with open source software that you can modify
– Modified software to meet your exact requirements
– Everyone benefits from your investment in the software