Have over 35 years of health informatics made Europe healthier?
This discussion is drawn from a keynote presentation given by
public-health specialist Dr John Bryden at the European
Federation for Medical Informatics 2003 Medical Informatics Europe
Congress in St Malo, France in May.
keywords: alma-atta, cochrane
collaboration, public health, health informatics
abstract
Starting with the premise that the main goal of health informatics
must be to improve the health of society, the author selects and
considers uses of information technologies that illustrate progress in
this field. He concludes that the use of computerised information and
communications technologies has helped improve the health of Europeans.
Br J Healthcare Comput Info Manage 2003; 20(7): 15–17. |
