№2, 2016
FORMATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR E-HEALTH: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE, SOLUTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
The introduction and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in health care, including e-health formation, and the realization of electronic medical cards, requires the appropriate human resources with necessary skills and knowledge. This article represents the topicality of the personnel shortage problem on IT specialties for health care - health informatics. The challenges on this problem solution in several countries, with succefully developed e-medicine, are analyzed. The programs and strategies for the solution of personnel education and training on the specialties of health informatics are analyzed. The development on personnel training in the integration of medicine and İCT in Azerbaijan are stated, and the recommendations are put forward (pp.57-68).
Keywords:human resources in electronic health, health informatics, health informatician, health information manager, health cybernetics.
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