Medical Informatics

The field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine.

Year introduced: 1987

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Tree Number(s): L01.313.500

MeSH Unique ID: D008490

Entry Terms:

• Informatics, Medical
• Health Informatics
• Informatics, Health
• Clinical Informatics
• Informatics, Clinical
• Medical Computer Science
• Computer Science, Medical
• Medical Computer Sciences
• Science, Medical Computer
• Information Science, Medical
• Medical Information Sciences
• Medical Information Science
• Health Information Technology
• Health Information Technologies
• Information Technology, Health
• Technology, Health Information

Previous Indexing:

• Information Systems (1982-1986)

See Also:

• Biomedical Technology
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

All MeSH Categories
Information Science Category
Information Science
Informatics
Medical Informatics
Health Information Exchange
Medical Informatics Applications
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted +
Decision Support Techniques +
Information Storage and Retrieval +
Information Systems +
Medical Informatics Computing
Data Curation