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MBL Education Programs: Medical Informatics I: Principles of Database Design
Presented May 28, 2001 by Daniel R. Masys, M.D., University of California, San Diego
This lecture was delivered as part of a week-long survey course designed to familiarize individuals with the application of computer technologies and information science in medicine. The course a National Library of Medicine fellowship program directed at medical educators, medical librarians, medical administrators, and young faculty who are not currently knowledgeable but can become agents of change in their institutions.
Medical informatics is the "field that concerns itself with the cognitive, information processing and communication tasks of medical practice, education and research, including the information science and the technology to support these tasks." *(Greenes & Shortliffe)
In practice, medical informatics is the application of technology to all aspects of health care information. It involves both the art and science of organizing medical knowledge and applying such knowledge for the purpose of preventing human disease and suffering. Technology is pervasive and necessary to handle and manipulate the growing body of medical knowledge. Technology winds its way throughout health care--from processing results of medical research to applying knowledge in clinical practice; from accessing and processing patient records to making decisions in evidence based practice; from telemedicine to knowledge-based and decision-support systems.
* Greenes RA, and Shortliffe, EG. Medical informatics: an emerging academic discipline and institutional priority. JAMA. 1990;263(8):1114-1120.
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Lecture Video
Pre-Lecture Video
Lecture transcript
- Part 1 - Introduction/ Why this topic is important/ Historical perspective
- Part 2 - Database Management Systems
- Part 3 - Data Models/ System Design
- Part 4 - Classroom Exercise: A Sample Problem in Database Design
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