Medical Information Science: Emerging Domain of Information Science and Technology (IST) for sophisticated Health & Medical Infrastructure Building - An Overview

Information Science is one of the important interdisciplinary subjects today. It is actually dedicated to the information activities ranging from collection to dissemination with proper shape and quality. Information Science has so many dimensions and flavors out of which the integration of Medical...

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Published inInternational Scientific Journal of Sport Sciences Vol. 1; no. 2; p. 97
Main Authors Paul, Prantosh Kumar, Chatterjee, Dipak, Ghosh, Minakshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi New Delhi Publishers 01.12.2012
Subjects
Core curriculum
Health informatics
Hospitals
Information management
Information professionals
Information science
Information systems
Management information systems
Medicine
Public buildings
Science
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Summary:Information Science is one of the important interdisciplinary subjects today. It is actually dedicated to the information activities ranging from collection to dissemination with proper shape and quality. Information Science has so many dimensions and flavors out of which the integration of Medical Science and Information Science has brought to us Medical Information Science (MIS/MISc); which is also treated as Health Informatics. Health or Medical Information System (MIS) works mainly with the utilization of tools, techniques and technologies in the health systems and entities which include hospitals, clinical centers, nourishing homes, diagnostic centers, pharmacy labs and so on. This paper describes many aspects of MISc and its role, needs, challenges in the contemporary Indian scenario.
ISSN:2277-2804
2319-4332