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Medical information science, or medical informatics, has been defined as the application of computer science, information technology, and communication systems to medicine [1]. During the past 30 years, medical computing has progressed from the processing of data and information to its current concern with the application of rules that define relationships between information and data [2]. Current areas of research and development include: clinical decision support systems, clinical data bases, clinical specialty systems, and continuing medical education.
Adapted from the paper, The diffussion of computer applications in medicine: Network location and innovation adoption, by Anderson and Jay, appearing in Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, November 4–7, 1984, Washington, D.C. © 1984 IEEE.
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Anderson, J.G., Jay, S.J. (1984). The Diffusion of Computer Applications in Medical Settings. In: Anderson, J.G., Jay, S.J. (eds) Use and Impact of Computers in Clinical Medicine. Computers and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8674-2_1
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