Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology Education: In the Framework of the Tempus-Phare Joint European Project

Abstract:Medicine and health care should react to the changing composition of the population, to diseases and new treatments, to the needs of medical ethics and law, and to changing economic conditions and to social needs. The main goal of health care is to improve the health status of the population. To reach this goal the appropriate use of available information, including for example biomedical knowledge, epidemiological data or patient data, is necessary. The need for education in this field of medical informatics, statistics, and epidemiology is a requirement to solve health-care problems, to develop a long-term perspective and successful functioning of health-care systems. The information sciences can play an important role in promoting the construction of basic data, vocabularies and decision procedures, as well as developing formal methods for problem solving.

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Confluences in Social Change: Cuban Women and Health Care

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs ◽

10.2307/174950 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 398-410 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Virginia Olesen

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Social Change ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Women's Roles ◽

The Past ◽

Women’S Roles ◽

Promising Area ◽

Care Systems ◽

Care Problems

A somewhat neglected though thoroughly promising area for the analysis of changing women's roles lies in the matter of health and health care systems within any society. This is nowhere more the case than in the instance of contemporary Cuban health care and the part that women in that society play in the health care systems as deflners of health care problems, recipients of care, and as those who deliver care to others. Both women's roles and health care in contemporary Cuba have dramatically altered over the past decade, thus yielding doubly rich insights, which reciprocally illuminate both issues.

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32 Medical informatics and health care systems: Biostatistical and epidemiologic perspectives

Handbook of Statistics - Bioenvironmental and Public Health Statistics ◽

10.1016/s0169-7161(00)18034-4 ◽

2000 ◽

pp. 943-974

Author(s):

J. Zvárová

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Informatics ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Care Systems

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Ubiquitous Health Care Systems: A New Paradigm for Medical Informatics?

Yearbook of Medical Informatics ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1638234 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 14 (01) ◽

pp. 213-218

Author(s):

O. J. Bott

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Medical Informatics ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Care Systems

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Considerations for Identifying Social Needs in Health Care Systems

Medical Care ◽

10.1097/mlr.0000000000001173 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 57 (9) ◽

pp. 661-666 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Claudia Nau ◽

John L. Adams ◽

Douglas Roblin ◽

Julie Schmittdiel ◽

Emily Schroeder ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Social Needs ◽

Care Systems

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Radiological Diagnoses in the Context of Emigration: Infectious diseases

RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren ◽

10.1055/s-0043-120764 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 190 (02) ◽

pp. 121-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marija Stojkovic ◽

Jan Müller ◽

Thomas Junghanss ◽

Tim Weber

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Infectious Diseases ◽

Cystic Echinococcosis ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Care Center ◽

Medical Practitioners ◽

Health Care Center ◽

Care Systems ◽

Care Problems ◽

Visceral Leishmaniosis

Background Globalization and emigration impact on the spectrum of diseases challenging health care systems. Medical practitioners have to particularly prepare for infectious diseases. Methods The database of a health care center specialized on tropical medicine was screened for patients with history of migration and one of the following diagnoses: Cystic echinococcosis, tuberculosis, schistosomiasis, visceral leishmaniosis, and neurocysticercosis. Representative casuistics were prepared from select case histories. Radiological pertinent knowledge was compiled based on literature search. Results A small selection of frequently imported infectious diseases covers a considerable fraction of health care problems associated with migration. For cystic echinococcosis, schistosomiasis, and neurocysticercosis imaging is the most relevant diagnostic procedure defining also disease stages. Tuberculosis and visceral leishmaniosis are important differentials for malignant diseases. Conclusion Imaging plays a meaningful role in diagnosis, treatment stratification, and follow-up of imported infectious diseases. Radiological skills concerning these diseases are important for providing health care for patients in context of migration. Key Points Citation Format

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The Challenge of Ubiquitous Computing in Health Care: Technology, Concepts and Solutions

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1633996 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 44 (03) ◽

pp. 473-479 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

E. Ammenwerth ◽

B. Brigl ◽

P. Knaup ◽

E. Lang ◽

R. Pilgram ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Ubiquitous Computing ◽

Medical Informatics ◽

Special Section ◽

Health Care Systems ◽

Research Field ◽

Research Areas ◽

Services Delivery ◽

Care Systems ◽

Care Technology

Summary Objectives: To review recent research efforts in the field of ubiquitous computing in health care. To identify current research trends and further challenges for medical informatics. Methods: Analysis of the contents of the Yearbook on Medical Informatics 2005 of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA). Results: The Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2005 includes 34 original papers selected from 22 peer-reviewed scientific journals related to several distinct research areas: health and clinical management, patient records, health information systems, medical signal processing and biomedical imaging, decision support, knowledge representation and management, education and consumer informatics as well as bioinformatics. A special section on ubiquitous health care systems is devoted to recent developments in the application of ubiquitous computing in health care. Besides additional synoptical reviews of each of the sections the Yearbook includes invited reviews concerning E-Health strategies, primary care informatics and wearable healthcare. Conclusions: Several publications demonstrate the potential of ubiquitous computing to enhance effectiveness of health services delivery and organization.But ubiquitous computing is also a societal challenge, caused by the surrounding but unobtrusive character of this technology. Contributions from nearly all of the established sub-disciplines of medical informatics are demanded to turn the visions of this promising new research field into reality.

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