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VEGA IZAGUIRRE, Leodan; LOPEZ COSSIO, Filiberto; RAMIREZ PEREZ, José Felipe  e  ORELLANA GARCIA, Arturo. Impact of Applications and Computer Services Developed by the University of Informatics Sciences for the Health Sector. RCIM [online]. 2020, vol.12, n.1, pp. 58-75.  Epub 01-Jun-2020. ISSN 1684-1859.

Applications and computer services implementation in the health sector is one of the information and communications technologies challenges. Medical informatics as an integrating discipline receives an important impact from the science, technology and society approach that dominates the biomedical field, biotechnological and pharmaceutical sciences. The Informatics Sciences University (UCI) since the beginnings has participated in the development of applications and computer services for the Cuban health sector. UCI has developed and implemented the Medical Imaging Platform, the Hospital Information System, and the Clinical Trials Data Management System. These applications introduced in the Cuban society a valuable social, economic and cultural-organizational benefit. Additionally those applications contributed to the health institutions management and the economic efficiency. This paper describes the social, economic and environmental impact of the applications and computer services developed by the university.

Palavras-chave : medical informatics; health computer applications; economic-social impact; university of informatics sciences.

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