Bouhaddou O, Bennani Othmani M, Diouny S
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Yearb Med Inform. 2013;8:190-6.
Informatics is an essential tool for helping to transform healthcare from a paper-based to a digital sector. This article explores the state-of-the-art of health informatics in Morocco. Specifically, it aims to give a general overview of the Moroccan healthcare system, the challenges it is facing, and the efforts undertaken by the informatics community and Moroccan government in terms of education, research and practice to reform the country's health sector.
Through the experience of establishing Medical Informatics as a medical specialty in 2008, creating a Moroccan Medical Informatics Association in 2010 and holding a first national congress took place in April 2012, the authors present their assessment of some important priorities for health informatics in Morocco.
These Moroccan initiatives are facilitating collaboration in education, research, and implementation of clinical information systems. In particular, the stakeholders have recognized the need for a national coordinator office and the development of a national framework for standards and interoperability.
For developing countries like Morocco, new health IT approaches like mobile health and trans-media health advertising could help optimize scarce resources, improve access to rural areas and focus on the most prevalent health problems, optimizing health care access, quality, and cost for Morocco population.
信息学是帮助医疗保健从纸质领域转变为数字领域的重要工具。本文探讨了摩洛哥健康信息学的现状。具体而言，其旨在对摩洛哥医疗保健系统、所面临的挑战以及信息学领域和摩洛哥政府在教育、研究及实践方面为改革该国卫生部门所做的努力进行总体概述。
通过2008年将医学信息学确立为医学专业、2010年创建摩洛哥医学信息学协会以及2012年4月举办首届全国代表大会的经历，作者展示了他们对摩洛哥健康信息学一些重要优先事项的评估。
这些摩洛哥举措正在促进教育、研究以及临床信息系统实施方面的合作。特别是，利益相关者已经认识到需要一个国家协调办公室以及制定国家标准和互操作性框架。
对于像摩洛哥这样的发展中国家，移动健康和跨媒体健康广告等新的健康信息技术方法有助于优化稀缺资源、改善农村地区的医疗服务可及性，并关注最普遍的健康问题，从而为摩洛哥民众优化医疗服务的可及性、质量和成本。
