Health informatics

Healthcare Meets Information Technology, At Last

Health Information Technology is finally gaining traction.  For 30 years the technology has been marginalised by a combination of the hippocratic oath, aversion to investment and incompetent technicians. Now it seems to be exploding, to the point where the FDA decides there needs to be a whole new category of regulation.  Established vendors like GE [...]

What Is Clinical Informatics

Informatics is becoming a popular word in health care. In the past, limitations on data sharing have restricted the use of aggregated data in better understanding ways we can improve patient safety, at lower cost. Ethical considerations such as patient confidentiality, and technical constraints such as data storage and analysis software, have worked against the [...]

Medical Informatics Expert to Lead Adoption of Patient Safety Solutions

Quantros Enlists Medical Informatics Expert to Expand International Adoption of Leading Patient Safety and Quality Solutions Dr. Syed Tirmizi to further alliances and global presence for Quantros in emerging healthcare markets January 21, 2010 – San Francisco, CA – Syed Tirmizi, MD, a longtime clinician and medical informatics leader at the US Department of Veterans [...]

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