What is Medical Informatics Functional Consultant?

The world is getting computerized and no field is leftcompanies, they seemed to me the threats than
aloof. Medical science, being the most vital approachhelping hands!
for curing several health ailments, has also been highlyWhile entering the data, I could enter 700 pulse per
influenced by software that not only helps inminute, 250 mmHg Systolic Blood pressure and lot of
managing the health care center but can also assistsuch data that would simply misguide the reader or
doctors in diagnosing and treating the diseases. Youthe software itself.
can find Medical Informatics Functional Consultant,The problem is here
who is all about a doctor good at advising the ITTill date, all the software for medical science has
experts about how to make medical software thatbeen developed by engineers -IT experts those are
would save the life of the patients rather thanveteran in their own fields but quite unaware about
putting them into the danger.what all the medical data is. One of the faculties from
Why Medical Informatics Functional Consultant?IT background told me that they learned the actual
I am a doctor and ever since I learned aboutposition of X-RAY of chest (which is upside and
computers, I am passionate about it. As the luckwhich one is down) to be uploaded on their software
would have it, I was put in medical science sacrificingafter three years when a doctor said that he has to
my mania towards those wonderful machines thatrotate image every time he uploads the X-Ray onto
would simply change the world. I did not leavethe software!
computers fully but my medical studies beside; IWhile making the software for anything that is
continued playing with computers then. Anyway, letrelated to medical science, a doctor or health care
me cut the crap and directly get into the topic ofprovider must be present! This is just to ensure that
what is Medical Informatics functional consultant orthe software would not have blunders in it. Across
health care informatics functional consultant...the world, local governments are now implementing
Have we ever thought about how computers arethe rules that all health centers must have computers
useful in medical science? Today, these machinesto store the records of patients and hence, the
have become integral part of our lives -whethersoftware for medical and surgical matter has come
office or personal. In the field of medical science,into picture.
instruments and devices that work on or for humanWhether feeding a data of patients, put a machine
body have computers attached -one or the otherto diagnose the disease or monitor/treat the
way. For instance, the machines for MRI or CT scanpatients, software have encroached the medical
have computers in them. The entire laboratory worksscience. Gone are the days when you could find
on computers and hi-tech software that detectsimple devices around the patient as today, hi-tech
smallest particle or organism. So in surgery, right fromgadgets and medical instruments around the patients
endoscope to live Echo Cardio machine, all haveare vital tools that save the life and constantly take
computers and software in them.care of the patients.
The seriousness comes here -when the IT guysYou can hold the neck of manufacturer if your newly
develop any software for machines, they work finepurchased footwear get torn within the warranty
all time but when they fail, they just stop working orperiods but you cannot even ask to explain the bug
at the most crash the system. Nevertheless, inthat is present in medical software that might have
medical software, the object is HUMAN and not justkilled hundreds of patients!
machine crashing what makes the life lost! AMedical Informatics Functional Consultant
computer attached with patient in Intensive CardiacMedical Informatics Functional Consultant or
Care Unit would push certain medication automaticallyHealthcare Informatics Functional Consultant is a
when the parameters of patient up or down. Thisperson who is being taught several computer
would bring the vital parameters in normal rangelanguages (such as C, C#, Java, XML, HTML) and
-imagine a bug in this! The machine would certainlyapplications such as ORACLE (SQL etc). As a person
inject without knowing the actual reading and thefrom medical background (doctor), he knows the
patient would simply collapse.seriousness of medical data to deal with. Sitting with
An unofficial survey reveals that there are as manyIT experts, he can guide how software should
as 75000 patients die due to bugs in medicalbehave and what all it should contain. Also, keeping
software, which is quite terrible. Also, the worst thingMedical Informatics Functional Consultant while making
is there is no certification or law that holds thehealthcare software comes up with FAR BETTER
makers of medical or health care softwareproduct.
responsible for any mortalities occurring in hospitalsHealth care Informatics Consultant can visit the
and healthcare centers due to fault in software.hospital or health care center and learn what all is
As a part of my academic studies in PG Diploma inrequired by physicians or surgeons. He can then have
Medical Informatics, I came across dozens ofwords with administrator of the center and then
software developed specially for health care centerscollect the SRPs and other important information that
and hospitals -unfortunately they all have blunders inhe would convey to the team leader in medical
them! Though developed by so called reputed ITsoftware product at his company.