Attendance

Impact of new technologies and European healthcare systems. Sustainability of the healthcare workforce in Europe. Digital healthcare. Scientific and technological evolution in healthcare. European Union public health policies. Principles of health informatics. Data, information, knowledge. Information integrity. Main data types and characteristics. Information processing cycle. Structured and organized information. Meta-information, big data, and big data analytics. Artificial intelligence in health sciences. Databases (data structuring and management). Classifications, nomenclatures, and terminology systems in healthcare. Information flow of healthcare documentation (medical records, SDO, ICD, DRG, etc.).

Handouts and study material will be communicated by the teacher during the course and made available to students on the platform www.informaticamedica.matam.it.