scholarly journals Cancer Informatics in 2018: The Mysteries of the Cancer Genome Continue to Unravel, Deep Learning Approaches the Clinic, and Passive Data Collection Demonstrates Utility

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 236-238
Author(s):  
Jeremy L. Warner ◽  
Debra Patt ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Genomics ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Passive Data ◽  
Manual Review ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on cancer informatics published in 2018. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar, and manual review was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2018 that address topics in cancer informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of four best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Yearbook. Results: The four selected best papers present studies addressing many facets of cancer informatics, with immediate applicability in the translational and clinical domains. Conclusion: Cancer informatics is a broad and vigorous subfield of biomedical informatics. Progress in cancer genomics, artificial intelligence, and passively collected data is especially notable in 2018.

scholarly journals Cancer Informatics in 2017: A New Beginning and a Bright Future

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 223-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Warner ◽  
Debra Patt ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Extensive Search ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Manual Review ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on cancer informatics published in 2017. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar, and manual review was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2017 that address topics in cancer informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of three best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: Results: The three selected best papers present studies addressing many facets of cancer informatics, with immediate applicability in the research and clinical domains. Conclusion: Cancer informatics is a broad and vigorous subfield of biomedical informatics. Strides in knowledge management, crowdsourcing, and visualization are especially notable in 2017.

scholarly journals Cancer Informatics in 2019: Deep Learning Takes Center Stage

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 243-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy L. Warner ◽  
Debra Patt ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Editorial Committee ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Extensive Search ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Radiology And Pathology ◽  
Manual Review ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on cancer informatics published in 2019. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline and manual review was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2019 that address topics in cancer informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of two best papers was conducted by the editorial committee of the Yearbook. Results: The two selected best papers demonstrate the clinical utility of deep learning in two important cancer domains: radiology and pathology. Conclusion: Cancer informatics is a broad and vigorous subfield of biomedical informatics. Applications of new and emerging computational technologies are especially notable in 2019.

scholarly journals Findings from the 2018 Yearbook Section on Human Factors and Organizational Issues

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (01) ◽  
pp. 079-082
Author(s):  
Sylvia Pelayo ◽  
Johanna Kaipio ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Extensive Search ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To summarize significant research contributions published in 2017 on Human Factors and Organizational Issues (HFOI) in medical informatics. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline and Web of Science® was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2017 that HFOI issues in medical informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers out of 695 references were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of five best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: The five best papers offer a glimpse of the quality and breadth of the work being conducted in the HFOI community. Conclusion: The selection of the HFOI section of the 2018 IMIA Yearbook highlights a growing number of high quality studies. There are especially more studies interested in testing Human Factors and Ergonomics methods and demonstrating the benefits.

scholarly journals Trends and Progress in Human Factors and Organizational Issues in 2016: Learning from Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 92-94
Author(s):  
S. Pelayo ◽  
R. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Learning From Experience ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics published in 2016. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline and Web of Science® was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2016 that address human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of five best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: The five selected best papers present studies with rigorous methods, properly designed and described and are, therefore, efficiently reusable for other researches. Conclusion: Human factors and ergonomics- based interventions must be tailored to the context, but meaningful ways must be simultaneously found to generate a stronger evidence base for research and to provide efficient, easy to implement, and useful methods.

scholarly journals Trends and Progress in Human Factors and Organizational Issues in 2016: Learning from Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
S. Pelayo ◽  
R. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Learning From Experience ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics published in 2016. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline and Web of Science® was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2016 that address human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of five best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: The five selected best papers present studies with rigorous methods, properly designed and described and are, therefore, efficiently reusable for other researches. Conclusion: Human factors and ergonomics- based interventions must be tailored to the context, but meaningful ways must be simultaneously found to generate a stronger evidence base for research and to provide efficient, easy to implement, and useful methods.

scholarly journals Human Factors and Sociotechnical Issues

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (01) ◽  
pp. 078-080
Author(s):  
Sylvia Pelayo ◽  
Yalini Senathirajah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Added Value ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on human factors (HF) and organizational issues in medical informatics published in 2018. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline and Web of Science® was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2018 that address human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of four best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: The four selected best papers are excellent contributions to the HF literature: they show the added value of HF studies by providing nice illustrated and rigorous interventions. Conclusion: HF interventions are known to have great potential to contribute to efficient HIT design, but the interventions still face challenges in successfully demonstrating their value to the main stakeholders of the healthcare domain. There is a need to strengthen the demand for high-quality HF studies by increasing awareness among powerful stakeholders of the value of high-quality HF studies.

scholarly journals Special Section on Ethics in Health Informatics

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 077-080
Author(s):  
Carolyn Petersen ◽  
Vignesh Subbian ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Special Section ◽  
Editorial Committee ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Applied Informatics ◽  
Areas Of Concern ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on ethics in medical informatics published in 2019. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2019 that address ethics issues in medical informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: 1) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors; 2) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper; and 3) the final selection of three best papers was conducted by the editorial committee of the Yearbook. Results: The three selected best papers explore timely issues of concern to the community and demonstrate how ethics considerations influence applied informatics. Conclusion: With regard to ethics in informatics, data sharing and privacy remain primary areas of concern. Ethics issues related to the development and implementation of artificial intelligence is an emerging topic of interest.

scholarly journals Human Factors and Organizational Issues in 2015: The Increasing Complexity of the Healthcare Domain Calls for More Comprehensive Approaches

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (01) ◽  
pp. 126-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Santos ◽  
S. Pelayo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Health It ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics published in 2015. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed/Medline and Web of Science® was conducted to identify the scientific contributions published in 2015 that address human factors and organizational issues in medical informatics. The selection process comprised three steps: (i) 15 candidate best papers were first selected by the two section editors, (ii) external reviewers from internationally renowned research teams reviewed each candidate best paper, and (iii) the final selection of five best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: Noteworthy papers in 2015 emphasize the increasing complexity of the healthcare environment. They call for more comprehensive approaches and evaluation studies. All provide a real added-value in this direction. Conclusion: There is no more need to promote the contribution of human factors and ergonomics (HFE) approaches to health IT-related risks and patient safety. However, there is still a need for research on HFE methods to adapt health information technology tools to the complexity of the healthcare domain.

scholarly journals Evidence-based Biomedical Informatics

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
C. Lovis
Keyword(s):  
Health Informatics ◽  
Biomedical Informatics ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Extensive Search ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objectives: An overview of current trends and achievements in building more evidence of using information sciences technologies in biomedical informatics. Methods: Extensive search using PubMed for published papers in this field in 2012. A selection process organized in three steps: a) identification and first selection of papers; b) international peer-review by at least 4 reviewers for each paper; c) final selection of five papers by the editorial board of the Yearbook based on the international reviewing results and a balanced coverage of the topics. Results: Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2012 and an invited opinion paper written by leading scientists in this field. Conclusion: Evidence based health informatics is an important and ubiquitous trend in biomedical informatics. However, this research field has to be enhanced even further and, more importantly, achievements have to be put in practice.

scholarly journals Sensor, Signal, and Imaging Informatics

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
W. Hsu ◽  
S. Park ◽  
Charles Kahn
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Imaging Informatics ◽  
Sensor Signal ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Extensive Search ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Summary Objective: To summarize significant contributions to sensor, signal, and imaging informatics published in 2016. Methods: We conducted an extensive search using PubMed® and Web of Science® to identify the scientific contributions published in 2016 that addressed sensors, signals, and imaging in medical informatics. The three section editors selected 15 candidate best papers by consensus. Each candidate article was reviewed by the section editors and at least two other external reviewers. The final selection of the six best papers was conducted by the editorial board of the Yearbook. Results: The selected papers of 2016 demonstrate the important scientific advances in management and analysis of sensor, signal, and imaging information. Conclusion: The growing volume of signal and imaging data provides exciting new challenges and opportunities for research in medical informatics. Evolving technologies provide faster and more effective approaches for pattern recognition and diagnostic evaluation. The papers selected here offer a small glimpse of the high-quality scientific work published in 2016 in the domain of sensor, signal, and imaging informatics.

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