摘要
The purpose of public health and healthcare is to create healthier populations. The purpose of innovation in healthcare is to accelerate the transformation of the work processes and economic models required to improve health. The use of infor- mation technology and telecommunications, and especially of health informatics, is critically important to these goals. It is an inspiring and highly productive frontier for engineering, science, and human behavior, and is the most direct path to unleashing transformative and beneficial innovations in healthcare. I believe, however, that it is under-appreciated in terms of its potential.
The purpose of public health and healthcare is to create healthier populations.The purpose of innovation in healthcare is to accelerate the transformation of the work processes and economic models required to improve health.The use of information technology and telecommunications,and especially of health informatics,is critically important to these goals.It is
