title: [Informatics and evaluation of the medical activity].
abstract: Medical activity is characterized by its complexity. Professional guidelines and good wills do not suffice to improve efficiently performances of decisions taken by health care workers, medical doctors and administrators. The evaluation medical activity is a necessity for assisted decision making. The finality of evaluation has to be specified, its methods must be adapted, so that it is accepted by the medical community. In this framework, data processing can be a tremendous way to improve continuously the efficiency of the health care system.
authors.affiliation: Service de I'information médicale, Hôpital La Timone, Marseille.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fieschi
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fessler
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005602:France; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications