Informatics to Improve Medical Care of a Nation^[*]

At the Thirtieth World Health Assembly in 1977 the Member States of the World Health Organization endorsed the policy of developing their health care systems through the primary health care approach. The present paper is concerned with the application of certain significant features of informatics for the development and improvement of health care management in different countries.

Auf der 30. World Health-Zusammenkunft im Jahre 1977 unterstützten die Mitgliedstaaten der Weltgesundheitsorganisation die Politik der Entwicklung von Gesundheitssystemen auf der Grundlage der primären Gesundheitsversorgung. Die vorliegende Arbeit befaßt sich mit der Anwendung gewisser wichtiger Grundzüge der Informatik bei der Entwicklung und Verbesserung von Gesundheitsversorgungssystemen in verschiedenen Ländern.

Key-Words

Primary Health Care - National Health Information Systems - Health Management Systems

Schlüssel-Wörter

Primäre Gesundheitsversorgung - Nationale Gesundheits-Informationssysteme - Gesund-heits-Versorgungs-Systeme

^* The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the Organization.

^** Regional Advisor in Health Informatics, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines.

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