title: The role and scope of data management in a changing health services delivery environment.
abstract: Data and information are essential to rational decision making and the good management of the health services delivery systems in any country. The restructuring of health systems world-wide is impacted by these concepts. The information systems necessary to provide data and information can be characterized by a number of interdependent domains. Data Management is central because data provides the binding principle: Applications are processing Data, Technology is transferring data, Methodology is identifying how data is captured and where it is used in order to minimize the cost of data as a resource. The whole purpose is to serve the Business of Health Services Delivery. Each domain is interdependent with the others at an intersection between the domains.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Canada.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hannah
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Curry
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D008331:Management Information Systems