IT and Health Care

Information Technology or IT and health care seem to be finding more and more reasons to merge and work together. IT’s use in health care delivery has been responsible for the system’s transformation from administrative applications such as medical record, to clinical systems involved in direct patient care and special-purpose applications such as simulation software used in the education of health care professionals.

The impact of IT on health care can be seen on the fields of radiology, telemedicine, surgery, medical devices, pharmacy and informational resources. However, there are different aspects to be considered in the use of IT such as security and privacy issues, information organization and others.