Open AccessHEALTH INFORMATICS AND ITS INITIATIVES IN INDIA: AN ACADEMIC AND TECHNO—MANAGERIAL CONTEXT
Author(s) -
P.K. Paul,
D.Chatterjee,
A. Bhuimali,
M.K. Ghose,
E. Poovammal.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
zenodo (cern european organization for nuclear research)
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.5281/zenodo.160687
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , informatics , health informatics , political science , knowledge management , engineering ethics , sociology , engineering , computer science , geography , health care , archaeology , law
Health Informatics is a domain of interdisciplinary in nature. Health Informatics in professional context is the computation and information management applications in the health and medical related purpose. The practice of Health Informatics quite old but still in many countries the Health Informatics practice in initial stage. There are many reasons for the situation which include the proper management, Governmental initiatives, educational opportunities, research and innovation in the areas and so on. India hold second largest population base in the world and thus there are many health and medicinal requirement. Health and Medical Informatics has the potentiality to improve information systems in the Heath care settings. This paper is deal with several aspects of Health Informatics which includes the basics of Health Informatics; its characteristics, need and role. Health Informatics and allied domains are still limited in Indian educational institutes and thus such aspects with potentialities have been depicted. Moreover, paper is also highlighted to role of the Health Informatics in Indian context