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ArticleYearbook of medical informatics2015

Medical Informatics Education & Research in Greece.

I Chouvarda, N Maglaveras

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Article in Yearbook of medical informatics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

I Chouvarda
N MaglaverasProf. Nicos Maglaveras, Lab of Medical Informatics, P.O. Box 323, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece, E-mail: nicmag@med.auth.gr.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis paper aims to present an overview of the medical informatics landscape in Greece, to describe the Greek ehealth background and to highlight the main education and research axes in medical informatics, along with activities, achievements and pitfalls.

methodsWith respect to research and education, formal and informal sources were investigated and information was collected and presented in a qualitative manner, including also quantitative indicators when possible.

resultsGreece has adopted and applied medical informatics education in various ways, including undergraduate courses in health sciences schools as well as multidisciplinary postgraduate courses. There is a continuous research effort, and large participation in EU-wide initiatives, in all the spectrum of medical informatics research, with notable scientific contributions, although technology maturation is not without barriers. Wide-scale deployment of eHealth is anticipated in the healthcare system in the near future. While ePrescription deployment has been an important step, ICT for integrated care and telehealth have a lot of room for further deployment.

conclusionsGreece is a valuable contributor in the European medical informatics arena, and has the potential to offer more as long as the barriers of research and innovation fragmentation are addressed and alleviated.

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Medical InformaticsBiomedical ResearchEducation, MedicalGreeceHealth OccupationsPatient-Centered CareResearch Support as TopiceducationehealthGreeceMedical informaticsresearch

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PMID26123910
PMCPMC4587067

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