International health informaticians acknowledge the critical importance of education
and training to the successful implementation of information technology in the health-care
setting. As access to the Internet grows, so does the richness of resources the Internet
can supply. With the changes in health care brought by communication, telematics will
become the successor to informatics. The authors present the philosophy of telematics
training and propose a short training course designed to help health professionals
in developing nations take advantage of telematics, providing conceptual understanding
and hands-on training.
Keywords:
Health Informatics - Telematics - Education - Training - Developing Countries
