The Reinvention of Epidemiology in Light of New Technologies

Abstract

History has witnessed the evolution of epidemiology as a scientific discipline and its main protagonists have written that story with innovation and new thinking. Epidemiology has contributed substantial contributions to the understanding of many diseases and has been one of the branches of knowledge has constantly revalued its own paradigms and theoretical models. Currently, epidemiology faces increasingly complex challenges, but a key element is how the light of the new dynamics of the world and new technologies, the dimensions of epidemiology and public health have evolved. The technological revolution around the information technology society is changing at a rapid pace and today, research and information management in the medical field in general are absolutely linked in a great synergy with medical informatics and new technology. Thus, and hand with the Internet and Web 2.0, epidemiology reinvents and expands its borders for the benefit of science and medical art.

Keywords

• Epidemiology
• public health
• Internet
• technology