Why there can be no sustainable national healthcare IT program without a translational health information science.
Health information technology research has historically suffered from the persistence of paper-based systems as a barrier to research and refinement of information models. While the field of (non-medical) information science offers a potentially rich source of data, there exist relatively few theoretical links between medical and non-medical information models. This paper argues that the establishment of an integrated translational research pathway is not only useful, but is a critical and necessary step in the realization of a national health information infrastructure in the USA.
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D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012106:Research; D014481:United States