Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 51, No 1, March, 2012
UDK 61
ISSN 0365-4478(Printed version)
ISSN 1821-2794(Online)
 

Correspondence to:

Dragan Janković

Aleksandra Medvedeva 14

18000 Niš, Serbia

E-mail: Dragan.Jankovic@elfak.ni.ac.rs

Review article                                                                           

UDC: 614.2:659.2:004

doi:10.5633/amm.2012.0113

APPLICATION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN EDUCATION

AND RESEARCH IN MEDICINE

Dragan Janković, Petar Rajković, Tatjana Stanković, Aleksandar Milenković and Ivana Kocić

University of Niš,, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš, Serbia

This paper presents medical information systems (MIS) as a powerful source for education and research in modern medicine. Paper gives an overview of functionalities of MIS system, emphasizing reporting and data analysis techniques as basic knowledge extracting methods. These two are considered as the most important functionalities for successful use of data from medical information systems in medical education and research processes. Also, general remarks on other possible usage of MIS in education and research in medicine are presented here and illustrated with examples from MEDIS. NET information system, developed in Laboratory for Medical Informatics of Faculty of Electronic Engineering in Niš. Acta Medica Medianae 2012; 51(1):73-80.

      Key words: medical information systems (MIS), research, education