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Why There Can Be No Sustainable National Healthcare IT Program Without a Translational Health Information Science

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Health information technology research has historically suffered from the persistence of paper-based systems as a barrier to research and refinement of information models. While the field of (non-medical) information science offers a potentially rich source of data, there exist relatively few theoretical links between medical and non-medical information models. This paper argues that the establishment of an integrated translational research pathway is not only useful, but is a critical and necessary step in the realization of a national health information infrastructure in the USA.

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Lorence, D. Why There Can Be No Sustainable National Healthcare IT Program Without a Translational Health Information Science. J Med Syst 31, 557–562 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-007-9099-3

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