The term is inconsistently used: some would argue it is interchangeable with health care informatics, while others use it in the narrower sense of healthcare practice using the Internet.

• 不一致地使用了这个术语: 某些或许争论它是与医疗保健信息学是可互换的,同时其他人在医疗保健实践中利用因特网的狭隘意义的使用这个术语。