Cross-sectional aspects of computer, information or communication science with medical or healthcare science, where the focus is clearly placed on digital computing or data processing or handling system or methods, which are specially adapted for medical or healthcare science. It deals with the ICT resources, devices, systems and methods for the handling and processing of information and data in healthcare, medicine and well-being.
Healthcare informatics tools include not only computers, systems and devices but also clinical guidelines, formal medical terminologies, and information and communication systems.
It is applied to the areas of medical care, nursing, diagnosis, therapy, dentistry, surgery, pharmacy, public health, occupational health, wellbeing, medical research and medical cooperation. In order to determine whether a technical subject relating to medical or healthcare science is classified in this subclass or in the relevant subclasses of A61 , the following should be observed:.
If guidance indicated in the subparagraphs above cannot be used, classification is made in both this subclass and the appropriate subclasses of A Signal processing or signal transmission associated to diagnostic measurements, e.
Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes. ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data, e. ICT specially adapted for the handling and processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires, surveys, polls, studies, forms, enquiries, statistics, with or without manually input data.
