PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATABASES FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF
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| Authors: | Qazi Mohammad Sajid Jamal Mughees Uddin Siddiqui Mohammad Abdulrahman Alzohairy Mohammed Abdullah Al Karaawi |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Health Information Management, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Buraydah Colleges, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;2.Department of Clinical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Buraydah Colleges, Al-Qassim, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | The collaboration of public health education and information technology has madepatient care safer and more reliable than before. Nurses and doctors usehandheld computers to record a patient''s medical history and check thatthey are administering the correct treatment. Fortunately Public HealthInformatics (PHI) is the intersecting point of technology and public health.Therefore, the inclusion of online medical and epidemiology databases in thecourse curriculum of budding medical professionals and postgraduate studentswould be beneficial in enhancing the quality of health care, extensiveepidemiological research, health education, health policies, health planning andconsumer satisfaction as well. The purpose of this article is to discuss andprovide introduction of various databases which have huge information and itcould be used to enhance the public health education. |
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| Keywords: | Information Technology Public Health Informatics Public Health Education Databases |
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