Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• D'Avolio, Leonard W., PhD
• Farwell, Wildon R., MD, MPH
• Fiore, Louis D., MD, MPH

Titel

Comparative Effectiveness Research and Medical Informatics

Ist Teil von

• The American journal of medicine, 2010-12, Vol.123 (12), p.e32-e37

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract As is the case for environmental, ecological, astronomical, and other sciences, medical practice and research finds itself in a tsunami of data. This data deluge, due primarily to the introduction of digitalization in routine medical care and medical research, affords the opportunity for improved patient care and scientific discovery. Medical informatics is the subdiscipline of medicine created to make greater use of information in order to improve healthcare. The 4 areas of medical informatics research (information access, structure, analysis, and interaction) are used as a framework to discuss the overlap in information needs of comparative effectiveness research and potential contributions of medical informatics. Examples of progress from the medical informatics literature and the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System are provided.