title: Clinical information technology: a new medical field?
abstract: The Economic European Society has stated that Medical Information Technology is one of the fields to be developed within the global Information Society of the future. Medical Information Technology is recognized as a speciality with formal courses in medical schools, and since it is an applicative science, medical doctors are the best analysis of clinical problems to be solved via computer. International standards are still lacking, and the successful combination of clinical content/context/technology is still a difficult task. A new profession such as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) will be more and more present within Hospitals and Health Care Organizations of the future.
authors.affiliation: UO Urologia-Azienda Ospedaliera-Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lembo
mesh_terms: D005062:European Union; D005544:Forecasting; D007558:Italy; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D008511:Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D013038:Specialization