Computers in Medicine
Module M01c
Why Health Professionals and Computers?
- Computers can increase your productivity
- Computers are used in Hospital Information Systems
- Many medical devices have computers built in
Where are Computers Used in Health Systems?
- Clerical stations: Hospitals, Clinics, Doc's offices
- Reports, memos, patient records
- Billing, statistics, insurance claims
- Charting, graphing, research graphics
- Nursing stations: Hospitals, Clinics
- Reports, memos, patient records
- Hospital Information Systems: HIS
- Electronic communication: E-Mail
- Medical Instrumentation
- Patient monitors
- Medication delivery systems
- Lab equipment
- Medical education
- Computer Aided Instruction: CAI
- Computer Managed Instruction: CMI
- Interactive Multi-media systems
- Growing number of uses...
- "Expert Systems" for diagnosis, research, etc.
- Publication retrieval (National Library of Medicine)
- Automated patient interview and history
- ...?
Audience:
This is for people who want to know why it's important for health
professionals to know how to use computers. No previous background
is expected.
When you successfully complete this lesson, you will be able
to...
- Discuss why it is important for health care professionals
to learn how to use computers.
- List at least five major types of tasks computers are used
for in the health professions.
About this document...
Module M01c: Computers in Medicine
- Author:
- Laurence
J. Krieg
- Institution:
- Department
of Computer Information Systems,
Washtenaw Community College
- Revision Date:
- Original 8 Jan 1992
HTML version 30 Apr 1996