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eHealth In Argentina

Since 1997, the Buenos Aires Biomedical Informatics Group, a nonprofit group, represents the interests of a broad range of clinical and non-clinical professionals working within the Health Informatics sphere. Its purposes are:
  • Promote the implementation of the computer tool in the healthcare activity, scientific research, health administration and in all areas related to health sciences and biomedical research.
  • Support, promote and disseminate content related activities with the management of health information and tools they used to do under the name of Biomedical informatics.
  • Promote cooperation and exchange of actions generated in the field of biomedical informatics, both in the public and private, national and international level.
  • Interact with all scientists, recognized academic stimulating the creation of new instances that have the same goal and be inspired by the same purpose.
  • To promote, organize, sponsor and participate in events and activities for training in computer and information and disseminating developments in this area that might be useful for team members and health related activities.
The Argentinian health system is very heterogeneous, because of that the informatics developments shows an heterogeneous stage. Lot of private Health Care center has develop system, as the German Hospital of Buenos Aires who was one of the first in develop the electronic health records system.