Clinical information technology: a new medical field?
Romano, C.; Lembo, A.
Archivio Italiano di Urologia Andrologia Organo Ufficiale di Societa Italiana di Ecografia Urologica e Nefrologica 70(4): 183-186
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1124-3562 PMID: 9823666 Document Number: 491659
The Economic European Society has stated that Medical Information Technology is one of the fields to be developed within the global Information Society of the future. Medical Information Technology is recognized as a speciality with formal courses in medical schools, and since it is an applicative science, medical doctors are the best analysis of clinical problems to be solved via computer. International standards are still lacking, and the successful combination of clinical content/context/technology is still a difficult task. A new profession such as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) will be more and more present within Hospitals and Health Care Organizations of the future.