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Health Informatics and Wellbeing by Enhanced Knowledge Formalisation.
1DEIB, Politecnico di Milano University, Italy.
This study emphasizes conceptual clarity in health informatics and wellbeing, proposing a new educational approach to manage uncertainty. This enhances clinical applications and biomedical knowledge formalization for future health systems.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Informatics
- Health Sciences
- Philosophy of Medicine
Background:
- Traditional medicine has increasingly focused on mechanistic science, often neglecting the art of healing.
- The concept of uncertainty is evolving from a problem to a resource in healthcare.
- Effective Health Informatics and clinical applications require a deeper understanding of wellbeing.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present fundamental concepts for enhanced biomedical knowledge formalization.
- To explore a new educational paradigm for managing uncertainty in learning.
- To bridge the gap between the art and science of healing in modern medicine.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of meaning and representation in biomedical concepts.
- Exploration of educational strategies for uncertainty management.
- Framework development for Health Informatics and wellbeing formalization.
Main Results:
- A shift from uncertainty-as-problem to uncertainty-as-resource is identified.
- A new educational approach focusing on controlled learning uncertainty is proposed.
- Emphasis on conceptual clarity over instrumental obsession for future applications.
Conclusions:
- Formalizing biomedical knowledge is crucial for advancing Health Informatics and wellbeing.
- Rethinking education is key to effectively utilizing uncertainty as a resource.
- Achieving conceptual clarity is essential for the future of medicine and healthcare technology.
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