医学信息学是研究医学各学科信息处理共同规律的科学。近几十年 ,由于科技飞速发展 ,文献剧增 ,信息爆炸 ,给医学信息的管理与利用造成了很大困难。随着计算机 ,电子通信等先进技术的不断出现 ,为医学信息学的研究提供了强有力的工具。因此 ,当今医学信息的研究多与计算机有关 Medical informatics is a science that studies the common law of information processing in all disciplines of medicine. In recent decades, due to the rapid development of science and technology, the drastic increase of the literature and the explosion of information have caused great difficulties in the management and utilization of medical information. With the advent of advanced technologies such as computers and electronic communications, it has provided a powerful tool for the study of medical informatics. Therefore, the research of medical information today is mostly computer-related