MEDICC Rev. 2008 Jan;10(1):6-8. doi: 10.37757/MR2008.V10.N1.3.
Cuba has been building a national strategy using information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health since the establishment of the National Medical Sciences Information Center (CNICM) in 1965. Back then, vital statistics and health data - considered a cornerstone of the country's new universal health system - were transmitted by hand or over the phone. As technology grew more sophisticated over the next 30 years, microprocessors and computers were integrated into the process. In 1992, reeling from economic crisis, Cuba founded the national health telematics network known as INFOMED (www.sld.cu), betting on the strategy that ICTs could be used to improve population health at low cost. From these initial efforts until today, the country has followed a policy to build and strengthen a virtual health information infrastructure.[1].
古巴自 1965 年成立国家医学科学信息中心 (CNICM) 以来，一直在利用信息和通信技术 (ICT) 制定国家战略。当时，人口统计和健康数据——被视为该国新的全民健康系统的基石——是通过手动或电话传输的。在接下来的 30 年里，随着技术的不断发展，微处理器和计算机被整合到这个过程中。1992 年，古巴陷入经济危机，建立了名为 INFOMED 的国家卫生远程信息网络（www.sld.cu），寄希望于这一战略，即 ICT 可以低成本用于改善人口健康。从最初的努力到今天，古巴一直遵循着建立和加强虚拟卫生信息基础设施的政策。
