Abstract
Recently, application of information techniques in the various fields has been promoted in Japan. In the medical field, we can see most recently several examples of the practical use of informatics such as an electronic medical record.
Multiphasic health testing has close relation to informatics as it utilize a computer and many devices for information processing. However, so far rather use of hardware is main as to the use of informatics in the region of multiphasic health testing. Hereafter, it is expected that many data obtained by the multiphasic health testing are processed by using various methods and techniques of informatics so that new findings, knowledge or information can be extracted for health control and health promotion of examinees.
In the present paper, the trend of the application of informatics for health evaluation and promotion is described and the several examples of our studies such as estimation of the biological age of examinees, an analysis of the relationship between risk factors of diseases and lifestyles of examinees examined continuously, construction of community health control support system by using Internet and so on are introduced.
