Savel T., Foldy S. (July 27, 2012). The Role of Public Health Informatics in Enhancing Public Health Surveillance. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved October 7, 2012 from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su6103a5.htm Several federal projects have been conducted successfully that share restricted data with other agencies and nongovernmental organizations. For example, Center for Disease Control and […]
DIFOTI (Digital imaging fiber optic transillumination) involves using a digital camera to obtain images of teeth illuminated with laser light. The images are analyzed using computer algorithms. DIFOTI can find cavities developing behind metal fillings that X-rays would not diagnose.
Dental informatics combines computer technology with dentistry to create for research, education, and the solution of real-world problems in oral health care using computer application. As part of the important provision of information technology in the education of dentists is that of an appointment recorded in an electronic appointment book to the services offered and […]
Computerized warning systems can be used to prevent ADEs. Serious ADEs occur in about 7 percent of patients admitted to hospitals. Many of these are caused by a physician prescribing either the wrong drug or the wrong dosage, because of lack of knowledge of either the patients or the drug. In 1994, a computerized warning […]
Before the availability of computer technology, many drugs were discovered by accident or trial and error. At the current epoch, a new system has emerged—rational drug design, a way of developing drugs with the help of computers. Computers are being used to aid in designing and testing new drugs. Genetic tests can be used to […]
Some of the advantages of using robots in the operating room is that a robot may be able to “see” via video devices and to “hear” through microphones using speech recognition software. Robots can hold endoscopes and other instruments without becoming tired or shaky—unlike humans who are liable to becoming tired. Robots are used to […]
Social and economic inequality is detrimental to the health of any society. Especially when the society is diverse, multicultural, overpopulated and undergoing rapid but unequal economic growth. It is apparent to some degrees that the effects of social and economic inequality in healthcare delivery of a society are profound. In a large, overpopulated countries, such […]
It is obvious to note that the advent of digital technology is rapidly transforming the field of radiological system. As a major drawback on traditional X-ray, this application uses high-energy electromagnetic waves to product a two-dimensional picture on file. If the X-ray encounters bone, which it cannot enter, this appears white on the file. Whatever […]
Development of effective public health information systems requires understanding of public health informatics (PHI), the systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research, and learning. PHI is well-known from other informatics specialties by its focus on deterrence in populations, use of a wide range of interventions to achieve its […]
Telemedicine is defined as a form of medical application/technology that uses computers and telecommunication equipment to bring about medical care at a distance. Telemedicine incorporates many subspecialties of medicine including radiology, pathology, oncology, ophthalmology, cardiology, neurology, dermatology, and psychiatry. Telemedicine remains to expand among the prison population; progressively used in prisons. It can also melodramatically […]