title: Informatics: the key to efficiency.
abstract: In India a computer-based national health management information system is being implemented by linking more than 450 districts on a network. This and other actions in the field of informatics technology could significantly raise the efficiency of the country's health sector by making decisions more logical, speeding them up and monitoring their impact, and could help to improve the utilization of scarce resources.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Indrayan
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005103:Expert Systems; D007194:India; D007253:Information Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008331:Management Information Systems