EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN HEALTH INFORMATICS - GUIDELINES FOR EUROPEAN CURRICULA

Guidelines are suggested for European curricula in Health Informatics that apply to both healthcare professionals and health administrative staff. These guidelines are the results of in-depth discussions and th oughts of the EU-EDUCTRA concerted action. Emphasis is placed on the w ay information is generated in the health domain. The guidelines also consider the various actors, their position and role in the healthcare structure. Characteristics of and operations on health information ar e discussed. Data quality control, ethical issues, benefits and potent ial caveats related to health information are also outlined. The artic le concludes with a list of possible applications. (C) 1997 Elsevier S cience Ireland Ltd.