Information Technology, Data Science and Digital Health

Health IT Systems

Health information systems (HIS) serve multiple users and broad purposes and can be summarized as generating information that enables decision makers at all levels of the health system to identify problems and needs, make evidence-based decisions on health policy and optimize the allocation of scarce resources. Health IT is also providing access through patient portals, giving patients greater control over their health data. Patient portals enable individuals to view medical test results, download patient data, communicate with physicians, schedule medical appointments, and more through a website application or mobile application. Most healthcare AI technologies using machine learning and precision medicine applications require medical images and clinical data for training, while the end result is known. This is called supervised learning.