Bruce R. Schatz
Abstract
A new health system is coming based on network information technologies. It consists of health measurement across the full spectrum of health determinants, using mobile devices such as smartphones. This measurement generates personal health records for each individual within a population, which can then be analyzed to identify cohorts, using statistical clustering on supercomputers. These cohorts determine "which persons have which outcomes", so health management can be supported for higher quality at lower cost. This tutorial concisely summarizes the arguments in the recent book Healthcare Infrastructure: Health Systems for Individuals and Populations.
- Schatz, B. and Berlin, R., Healthcare Infrastructure: Health Systems for Individuals and Populations, Springer-Verlag series in Health Informatics, 2011.Google Scholar
- Institute of Medicine, The Future of the Public's Health in the 21
st Century, National Academies Press, 2003.Google Scholar
Index Terms
- New health systems using network information technologies
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