Editing Health system (section)

==Information resources==
{{Main article|Health care delivery|Health information management|Health informatics|eHealth}}
Sound information plays an increasingly critical role in the delivery of modern health care and efficiency of health systems. Health informatics&nbsp;– the intersection of [[information science]], [[medicine]] and [[Health care|healthcare]]&nbsp;– deals with the resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition and use of information in health and biomedicine. Necessary tools for proper health information coding and management include [[Medical guideline|clinical guidelines]], formal [[Medical terminology|medical terminologies]], and computers and other [[Information and communications technology|information and communication technologies]]. The kinds of [[health data]] processed may include [[Medical record|patients' medical records]], [[hospital information system|hospital administration and clinical functions]], and [[HRHIS|human resources information]].<ref name="NHS_2023">{{cite web |title=Records Management Code of Practice |url=https://transform.england.nhs.uk/information-governance/guidance/records-management-code |publisher=NHS England |access-date=29 June 2023 |date=2023}}</ref>

The use of health information lies at the root of [[evidence-based policy]] and [[evidence-based management]] in health care. Increasingly, information and communication technologies are being utilised to improve health systems in developing countries through: the standardisation of health information; computer-aided diagnosis and treatment monitoring; informing population groups on health and treatment.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lucas|first=H|title=Information And Communications Technology For Future Health Systems In Developing Countries|journal=Social Science and Medicine|year=2008|volume=66|issue=10|pages=2122–2132|url=http://www.futurehealthsystems.org/publications/information-and-communications-technology-for-future-health.html|access-date=26 May 2012|doi=10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.033|pmid=18343005|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427194302/http://www.futurehealthsystems.org/publications/information-and-communications-technology-for-future-health.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>