An analysis of application of health informatics in Traditional Medicine: A review of four Traditional Medicine Systems

Raja Ikram RR 1 , Abd Ghani MK 2 , Abdullah N 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies (BIOCORE Malaysia) Engineering Technologies Research Group, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia. Electronic address: rajarina@gmail.com
  • 2 Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies (BIOCORE Malaysia) Engineering Technologies Research Group, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia. Electronic address: khanapi@utem.edu.my
  • 3 Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies (BIOCORE Malaysia) Engineering Technologies Research Group, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia. Electronic address: noraswaliza@utem.edu.my
Int J Med Inform, 2015 Nov;84(11):988-96.
PMID: 26160148 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.05.007

Abstract

This paper shall first investigate the informatics areas and applications of the four Traditional Medicine systems - Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Ayurveda, Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine and Traditional Malay Medicine. Then, this paper shall examine the national informatics infrastructure initiatives in the four respective countries that support the Traditional Medicine systems. Challenges of implementing informatics in Traditional Medicine Systems shall also be discussed.

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