Medical informatics is a multi disciplinary field, which combines different disciplines of
medicine with information technology. Some of the major components of Medical Informatics
are Hospital Information System, Computer based patient record, Medical imaging,
Telemedicine, Bio informatics and Expert system or Artificial Intelligence, Neural networks and
Robotics. In a medical college setting there are data analysis tools like S.P.S.S, presentation
tools, e learning and web portals for students. (Rawal Med J 2006;31:38-39).
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