Does health data science belong to the category of computers?

Belong to. Referring to the latest edition of the undergraduate professional catalogue of the Ministry of Education, data science belongs to the computer category.

Health data is a new term that appears with the wave of digitalization and information modernization in recent years. It refers to the collection of health data that can't be captured, managed and processed by conventional software tools within an affordable time range. It is a massive, high-growth and diversified information asset, which needs a new processing mode to have stronger decision-making, insight and process optimization capabilities.

The significance of health big data lies not in this huge amount of information, but in the specialized processing and reuse of these health data. The integration and reuse of health big data is of positive significance for physical condition monitoring, disease prevention and health trend analysis.