Study on the theoretical basis of medical informatics based on knowledge management / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Traditional theories on information management have made an extreme of studies and practice on medical informatics, which has hampered the development of medical informatics. Knowledge management is a brand new theory based on information and aiming at innovation of knowledge, and is in accordance with the nature of medical informatics. Medical informatics based on knowledge management promotes management of medical information, which not only benefits the integration and development of disciplines of medical informatics, also benefits hospital informatization, implementation of evidence-based medicine, and education in medical informatics. Basic studies on medical informatics, personnel training and management should be guided by knowledge management theory in the field of informatics.