Rigby Michael, Hill Penny, Koch Sabine, Kärki Jarmo
School of Public Policy and Professional Practice, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009;150:277-81.
To the individual, social care can be an essential part of maintaining health, as is reflected by the WHO definition of health as being one of wellbeing. However, health informatics currently narrowly restricts itself to health organizations' activities. Digital records in social care are increasing, raising the need to recognize the area of social care informatics. This new domain needs support and nurture, whilst the delivery of social and related care needs to be harmonized with healthcare delivery. In turn, this raises important new issues as to how to best support the citizen, especially when they are dependent, including issues of information sharing, service co-ordination, sharing of meaning and objectives, and of respect for autonomy.
对个人而言，社会护理可能是保持健康的重要组成部分，这一点体现在世界卫生组织对健康的定义中，即健康是幸福的一种状态。然而，健康信息学目前将自身狭义地局限于卫生组织的活动。社会护理中的数字记录不断增加，这就凸显了认识社会护理信息学领域的必要性。这一新领域需要支持和培育，同时社会护理及相关护理的提供需要与医疗保健服务的提供相协调。反过来，这又引发了一些重要的新问题，即如何最好地支持公民，尤其是在他们处于依赖状态时，包括信息共享、服务协调、意义和目标的共享以及对自主权的尊重等问题。
