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Yearb Med Inform 2012; 21(01): 163-165
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638900
History of Medical Informatics
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

A Short History of the Beginnings of Hospital Information Systems in Argentina

V. Yácubsohn
1   IIMIA Honorary Fellow, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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10 March 2018 (online)

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Summary

Objectives : To describe the development of early health information systems in Argentina and their impact on the development of professional societies in the discipline

Methods : The first hospital information systems and health surveillance systems in Argentina are described and related to the rise of professional organizations for health informatics.

Results : The early health information systems in Argentina are related to precursor developments in medical informatics.

Conclusions : Argentina saw a number of hospital information systems developed starting in 1977, which had an important influence on the practice and experience in medical informatics in the country, and the participation of Argentine professionals in national, regional, and international activities in the field

Keywords

Hospital information systems - Argentina - history - 1980s - professional associations - health informatics
 

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