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Medicine in the 21st century: global problems, global solutions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12162150     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: To discuss application areas of information technology in medicine and health care on the occasion of the opening of the Private Universität für Medizinische Informatik und Technik Tirol/University for Health Informatics and Technology Tyrol (UMIT) at Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Important application areas of information technology in medicine and health are appropriate individual access to medical knowledge, new engineering developments such as new radiant imaging methods and the implantable pacemaker/defibrillator devices, mathematical modeling for understanding the workings of the human body, the computer-based patient record, as well as new knowledge in molecular biology, human genetics, and biotechnology. Challenges and responsibilities for medical informatics research include medical data privacy and intellectual property rights inherent in the content of the information systems.
Authors:
D A B Lindberg
Publication Detail:
Type:  Addresses    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Methods of information in medicine     Volume:  41     ISSN:  0026-1270     ISO Abbreviation:  Methods Inf Med     Publication Date:  2002  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-08-06     Completed Date:  2002-09-06     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0210453     Medline TA:  Methods Inf Med     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  235-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. lindberg@nlm.nih.gov
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Confidentiality
Humans
Information Services
Intellectual Property
International Cooperation
Medical Informatics* / trends

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