Terminology (cont’d)

Terminology (cont’d)

• biomedical computing
  • use of computers in biology or medicine
  • often assoc’d with engineering applications of computers (computers viewed more as tools)
• medical informatics/med. information science
  • the rapidly developing scientific field that deals with the storage, retrieval, and optimal use of biomedical information, data, and knowledge for problem solving and decision making

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