McDonald J M, Brossette S, Moser S A
Department of Pathology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233-7331, USA.
Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1998 May;122(5):409-11.
Information systems in pathology provide opportunities for pathologists and clinical laboratory scientists to impact both clinical care and modern research agendas. The paradigm shift in health care from individualized care to population-based and standardized delivery systems has created both of these opportunities. In research, pathology information systems can provide key databases for health services research and new informatics-based approaches to database research. The latter is characterized by utilization of pathology databases for data mining to discover new patterns that provide new knowledge. The multidisciplinary knowledge discovery and data mining program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham focuses on this health care application, which has the potential to make a major impact on health care research and delivery.
病理学中的信息系统为病理学家和临床实验室科学家提供了影响临床护理和现代研究议程的机会。医疗保健从个体化护理向基于人群的标准化交付系统的范式转变创造了这两个机会。在研究方面，病理学信息系统可以为卫生服务研究提供关键数据库，并为基于新信息学的数据库研究提供方法。后者的特点是利用病理学数据库进行数据挖掘，以发现提供新知识的新模式。阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校的多学科知识发现和数据挖掘项目专注于这种医疗保健应用，它有可能对医疗保健研究和提供产生重大影响。
