Knowledge for Medicine and Health Care

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (04) ◽  
pp. 596-600
Author(s):  
Jan H. van Bemmel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Honorary Doctorate ◽  
National Library ◽  
American Medical Informatics Association ◽  
The University ◽  
The U.S

SummaryDr. Donald A. B. Lindberg, Director of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, received an honorary doctorate from UMIT, the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology in Innsbruck, Tyrol. The celebration took place on September 28, 2004 at an academic event during a conference of the Austrian, German, and Swiss Societies of Medical Informatics, GMDS2004. Dr. Lindberg has been a pioneer in the field of computers in health care from the early 1960s onwards. In 1984 he became the Director of the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, the world’s largest fully computerized biomedical library. Dr. Lind-berg has been involved in the early activities of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), among others being the chair of the Organizing Committee for MEDINFO 86 in Washington D.C. He was elected the first president of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), and served as an editor of Methods of Information in Medicine.

Health and Medical Informatics Education

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (03) ◽  
pp. 246-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Haux ◽  
F. J. Leven ◽  
J. R. Moehr ◽  
D. J. Protti
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
The University

Abstract:Health and medical informatics education has meanwhile gained considerable importance for medicine and for health care. Specialized programs in health/medical informatics have therefore been established within the last decades.This special issue of Methods of Information in Medicine contains papers on health and medical informatics education. It is mainly based on selected papers from the 5th Working Conference on Health/Medical Informatics Education of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), which was held in September 1992 at the University of Heidelberg/Technical School Heilbronn, Germany, as part of the 20 years’ celebration of medical informatics education at Heidelberg/Heilbronn. Some papers were presented on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the health information science program of the School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Within this issue, programs in health/medical informatics are presented and analyzed: the medical informatics program at the University of Utah, the medical informatics program of the University of Heidelberg/School of Technology Heilbronn, the health information science program at the University of Victoria, the health informatics program at the University of Minnesota, the health informatics management program at the University of Manchester, and the health information management program at the University of Alabama. They all have in common that they are dedicated curricula in health/medical informatics which are university-based, leading to an academic degree in this field. In addition, views and recommendations for health/medical informatics education are presented. Finally, the question is discussed, whether health and medical informatics can be regarded as a separate discipline with the necessity for specialized curricula in this field.In accordance with the aims of IMIA, the intention of this special issue is to promote the further development of health and medical informatics education in order to contribute to high quality health care and medical research.

scholarly journals Health Information Technology Updates to Start the New Year

2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-78
Author(s):  
Brent I. Fox ◽  
Bill G. Felkey
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
American Medical ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
President Obama ◽  
American Medical Informatics Association

We write our articles several months in advance. This month, we are writing at the time of the Presidential election and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) meeting. We focus on health information technology (HIT) topics of interest from the meeting, beginning with a brief look at the HIT implications of the recent re-election of President Obama.

scholarly journals A PRODUÇÃO CENTÍFICA SOBRE COVID-19: ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Gustavo Henrique de Araújo Freire ◽  
Hugo Suzart-Pinto ◽  
Rafael Garcia Assunção
Keyword(s):  
American Medical ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
American Medical Informatics Association

Analisa a produção científica no campo da Ciência da Informação acerca da temática do coronavírus ou COVID-19. Tem como objetivo geral analisar as iniciativas e as publicações feitas sobre o tema coronavírus no campo da informação, especialmente nas áreas de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação. Tem como objetivos específicos: mapear os principais periódicos utilizados para comunicação das pesquisas; identificar os programas ou instituições mais atuantes e reconhecer autores em destaque na temática. Utiliza de metodologia exploratória, com abordagem quantitativa. Busca suporte teórico na bibliometria e na cientometria. Constata a alta produção do campo acerca da temática. Detecta os primeiros resultados datando do ano de 2005, relacionados à síndrome respiratória aguda grave (SARS). Nota a explosão da produção do campo acerca da temática a partir do ano de 2020. Percebe o destaque dos periódicos Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, dos Estados Unidos, e do Profesional de la Información, da Espanha, com 49 e 47 resultados, respectivamente. Observa a alta produtividade dos autores americanos, apresentando mais que o dobro de resultados em relação aos autores espanhóis, que figuram no segundo lugar em número de resultados. Evidencia a maior aparição de agências financiadoras americanas em relação a outras nacionalidades. Percebe o destaque em produtividade, entre as instituições, dos pesquisadores da University of London, da Inglaterra. Revela o destaque dos autores CONBOY, K.; DA CUNHA, M. B.; DWIVEDI, Y. K.; PAN, S. L.; PARKER, R. M. e WANG, H., com três resultados cada. Evidencia, entre os autores brasileiros, a predominância de publicações feitas no periódico AtoZ Novas Práticas em Informação e Conhecimento e a maior vinculação a instituições brasileiras em comparação a instituições estrangeiras.

scholarly journals Health Informatics Master Program at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 145-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Altwaijiri ◽  
B. Aldosari
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
International Medical ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Master Program ◽  
Information And Communication

Summary Objective The purpose of this paper is to describe the Health Informatics Master Program at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Methods We have reviewed health informatics master programs worldwide with more emphasis on the recommendations of the International Medical Informatics Association on education in health informatics, research, and faculty/trainee participation at KSAU-HS. Results An applied health informatics master program has been designed where graduates will be able to deploy information and communication technology in support of health systems’ processes. This is due to the fact that most of health organizations are driven by information and communication technology. The program embodies the features of effective applied health informatics master programs recommended by the International Medical Informatics Association on education in health informatics and delineated as curricula integrating three areas of knowledge and skills: 1) Methodology and technology for the processing of data, information and knowledge in medicine and healthcare, 2) Medicine, health and biosciences, and 3) Informatics/ computer science, mathematics and biometry. Conclusions The health informatics master program (MHI) immerses students in the multidisciplinary field of health informatics education. Graduates of the MHI program will be wellprepared informaticians for leadership positions, able to meet the increasing demands in the field of health informatics to manage, plan, develop, and provide expert consultations to the healthcare sectors.

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