italian version

Aims :

To learn main concepts about problems relative to applications of informatics in medicine and health-care.

Topics :

Data and Information: Introduction and Overview, Information and Communication. Data in Computers: Data processing, Database anagement, Telecommunication, Networking and Integration. Data from Patients: Coding and Classification, The patient record, Biosignal Analysis., Medical Imaging. Patient-Centered Information Systems: Primary care, Clinical Departmental Systems, Clinical Support Systems. Medical Knowledge and Decision Support: Methods for decision support, Clinical Decision-Support Systems, Strategies for Medical Knowledge Acquisition, Predictive tools for clinical decision support. Institutional Information Systems. Methodology for Information Processing: Logical operations, Biostatistical Methods, Biosignal Processing Methods, Pattern Recognition, Structuring teh computer-based patient record, Evaluation of Clinical Information Systems.

Textbooks :

J.H. van Bemmel and M.A. Musen (Eds): Handbook of Medical Informatics. Springer, 2000. ISBN: 3-540-63351-0
E. Coiera: Guida all’informatica Medica. Internet e Telemedicina. Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore, 1999, ISBN: 88-7002-922-0

Exam :

Oral trial

Tutorial Session :

Every Monday from15.00 to 19.00