Good Medicine and Good Health-care Demand Good Information (Systems)

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (05) ◽  
pp. 385-387
Author(s):  
R. -D. Hilgers ◽  
R. Hofestädt ◽  
U. Hübner ◽  
P. Knaup-Gregori ◽  
C. Ose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
German Journal ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Good Information ◽  
Patient Registries

SummaryThe demand for evidence-based health informatics and benchmarking of ‘good’ information systems in health care gives an opportunity to continue reporting on recent papers in the German journal GMS Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (MIBE) here. The publications in focus deal with a comparison of benchmarking initiatives in German-speaking countries, use of communication standards in telemonitoring scenarios, the estimation of national cancer incidence rates and modifications of parametric tests. Furthermore papers in this issue of MIM are introduced which originally have been presented at the Annual Conference of the German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology. They deal as well with evidence and evaluation of ‘good’ information systems but also with data harmonization, surveillance in obstetrics, adaptive designs and parametrical testing in statistical analysis, patient registries and signal processing.

Health Informatics: Handle with Caution

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
V. Leroy ◽  
S. Maurice-Tison ◽  
B. Le Blanc ◽  
R. Salamon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Inappropriate Use

Abstract:The increased use of computers is a response to the considerable growth in information in all fields of activities. Related to this, in the field of medicine a new component appeared about 40 years ago: Medical Informatics. Its goals are to assist health care professionals in the choice of data to manage and in the choice of applications of such data. These possibilities for data management must be well understood and, related to this, two major dangers must be emphasized. One concerns data security, and the other concerns the processing of these data. This paper discusses these items and warns of the inappropriate use of medical informatics.

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 Medical Informatics in China: Healthcare IT Trends, Academic and Research Developments

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 109-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Luo ◽  
K. Zhang ◽  
B. Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Rural Medicine ◽  
Clinical Workflow ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Government Planning

Summary Objective: Describing the challenges and advances in medical informatics in China from the perspectives of hospital information systems, workforce, and academic, and research advances. Methods: The paper summarizes information from the CMIA (China Medical Informatics Association and findings reported by CHIMA (China Hospital Information Management Association), including a White Paper on China Hospital Information Systems. Results: Biomedical and Health Informatics has grown considerably during the past decade in China, and is an important component of proposed government planning that includes development of healthcare cards, clinical workflow path rules, and rural medicine. CMIA has strengthened as an organization promoting education, research and academic activities, while CHIMA has sponsored many hospital-based activities, including workshops on technical and workforce IT priorities related to proposed reforms of China’s healthcare system. Conclusions: China’s challenges and opportunities in biomedical informatics and healthcare IT are considerable, with the former requiring greater promotion of academic research and educational opportunities through CMIA to support the burgeoning development of healthcare IT systems throughout the country. National and international collaboration and exchanges could lead to very useful comparative studies, Recommendations by CHIMA to the national government and academia focus on organizational and workforce standards, roles, and defining career paths for HIT professionals as well as CME education in healthcare informatics at the graduate university.

Data Integration for Integrated Research and Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (04) ◽  
pp. 365-366
Author(s):  
Ralf-Dieter Hilgers ◽  
Ralf Hofestädt ◽  
Petra Knaup-Gregori ◽  
Claudia Ose ◽  
Antje Timmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Integration ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
German Journal ◽  
Routine Data ◽  
German Society ◽  
Binary Sequences ◽  
Change Point Detection ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Point Detection

SummaryA national German funding initiative for Medical Informatics focusing at data integration for medicine gives an opportunity to reopen a window to Germany. In the open window appears a best paper selection of the 2015 annual conference of the German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology and papers of the German journal GMS Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (MIBE). The publications in focus deal with data integration by transferring clinical routine data into an electronic data capture (EDC) system, using natural language processing to make unstructured date processable, measuring quality of record linkage, and by using a unified metadata scheme for integrated documentation in laboratories. Two additional papers present methods for data analysis especially for change point detection in binary sequences and for analyzing categorial data.

Translational Research in Medical Informatics or from Theory to Practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Altuwaijri ◽  
Y. C. Li ◽  
M. J. Ball ◽  
R. Haux ◽  
C. U. Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Applied Informatics ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
Healthcare Administrators ◽  
Practicing Physicians

Summary Objective: To bridge the divide between health informatics ‘bench research’ and the application of informatics in clinical and health care settings. Method: Identifying weak points in translational activities, i.e. in the process from health informatics research outcomes to IT system design and information management in clinical practice. Results and Conclusions: The creation of a new peer-reviewed journal, designed to cultivate broad readership across health care, is suggested in order to communicate on informatics topics of translational interest and on the application of informatics principals. Such an applied informatics journal may appeal to practicing physicians, healthcare administrators and CIOs as well as medical informaticians. In a globalizing world with eHealth initiatives spanning across borders, such a journal should be an international effort. Close ties to the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and to the journal Methods of Information in Medicine are suggested.

scholarly journals Understanding the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in health informatics research: A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Shaw ◽  
Suzanne McGuire
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Public Health Informatics ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Gis Technologies

Background: The purpose of this literature review is to understand geographical information systems (GIS) and how they can be applied to public health informatics, medical informatics, and epidemiology.Method: Relevant papers that reflected the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in health research were identified from four academic databases: Academic Search Complete, BioMed Central, PubMed Central, and Scholars Portal, as well as Google Scholar. The search strategy used was to identify articles with “geographic information systems”, “GIS”, “public health”, “medical informatics”, “epidemiology”, and “health geography” as main subject headings or text words in titles and abstracts. Papers published between 1997 and 2014 were considered and a total of 39 articles were included to inform the authors on the use of GIS technologies in health informatics research.Results: The main applications of GIS in health informatics and epidemiology include disease surveillance, health risk analysis, health access and planning, and community health profiling. GIS technologies can significantly improve quality and efficiency in health research as substantial connections can be made between a population’s health and their geographical location.Conclusions: Gains in health informatics can be made when GIS are applied through research, however, improvements need to occur in the quantity and quality of data input for these systems to ensure better geographical health maps are used so that proper conclusions between public health and environmental factors may be made.

scholarly journals A Short History of the Beginnings of Hospital Information Systems in Argentina

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 163-165
Author(s):  
V. Yácubsohn
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
History Of ◽  
Early Health

Summary Objectives : To describe the development of early health information systems in Argentina and their impact on the development of professional societies in the discipline Methods : The first hospital information systems and health surveillance systems in Argentina are described and related to the rise of professional organizations for health informatics. Results : The early health information systems in Argentina are related to precursor developments in medical informatics. Conclusions : Argentina saw a number of hospital information systems developed starting in 1977, which had an important influence on the practice and experience in medical informatics in the country, and the participation of Argentine professionals in national, regional, and international activities in the field

The Future of Medical Informatics

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (01) ◽  
pp. 62-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Winter
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Health Care Need ◽  
Research Education

Summary Objectives: Presenting the author’s point of view on chances and challenges of medical informatics in research, education, and practice of information management, especially in the field of regional as well as institutional health information systems. Method: Collecting and interpreting current issues concerning (health) information systems and their management from selected references. Results: There are challenging research topics concerning information management, IT service management in small health care units, reference models, trustworthy architectures, service-oriented architectures. Medical informatics requires multidisciplinarity. Conclusions: Medicine and health care need medical informatics as a scientific, researching discipline.

Modeling in Biomedical Informatics – An Exploratory Analysis (Part 1)

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (06) ◽  
pp. 638-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hasman ◽  
R. Haux
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Electronic Patient Records ◽  
Knowledge Processing ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Research And Education

Summary Objectives: Modeling is a significant part of research, education and practice in biomedical and health informatics. Our objective was to explore, which types of models of processes are used in current biomedical/ health informatics research, as reflected in publications of scientific journals in this field. Also the implications for medical informatics curricula were investigated. Methods: Retrospective, prolective observational study on recent publications of the two official journals of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), the International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI) and Methods of Information in Medicine (MIM). Results: 384 publications have been analyzed, 190 of IJMI and 194 of MIM. In regular papers (69 in IJMI, 62 in MIM), analyzed here in part 1, all of these model types could be found. In many publications we observed a mixture of models, being used to solve the ‘core’ research questions and also to systematically evaluate the research done. Knowledge of (and models for) software engineering and project management are also often needed. IJMI seems to have a closer focus on research concerning health information systems and electronic patient records, with a strong emphasis on evaluation. MIM seems to have a broader range of research approaches, including also statistical modeling and computational intensive approaches. The aim to provide solutions for problems related to data, information and knowledge processing and to study the general principles of processing data, information and knowledge in medicine and health care in order to contribute to improve the quality of health care, and of research and education in medicine and the health sciences was given in all publications. Conclusions: Modeling continues to be a major task in research, education and practice in biomedical and health informatics. Knowledge and skills concerning a broad range of model types is needed.

Recommendations of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) on Education in Biomedical and Health Informatics

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (02) ◽  
pp. 105-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Ammenwerth ◽  
G. Demiris ◽  
A. Hasman ◽  
R. Haux ◽  
W. Hersh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
International Medical

Summary Objective: The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) agreed on revising the existing international recommendations in health informatics /medical informatics education. These should help to establish courses, course tracks or even complete programs in this field, to further develop existing educational activities in the various nations and to support international initiatives concerning education in biomedical and health informatics (BMHI), particularly international activities in educating BMHI specialists and the sharing of courseware. Method: An IMIA task force, nominated in 2006, worked on updating the recommendations’ first version. These updates have been broadly discussed and refined by members of IMIA’s National Member Societies, IMIA’s Academic Institutional Members and by members of IMIA’s Working Group on Health and Medical Informatics Education. Results and Conclusions: The IMIA recommendations center on educational needs for health care professionals to acquire knowledge and skills in information processing and information and communication technology. The educational needs are described as a three-dimensional framework. The dimensions are: 1) professionals in health care (e.g. physicians, nurses, BMHI professionals), 2) type of specialization in BMHI (IT users, BMHI specialists), and 3) stage of career progression (bachelor, master, doctorate). Learning outcomes are defined in terms of knowledge and practical skills for health care professionals in their role a) as IT user and b) as BMHI specialist. Recommendations are given for courses /course tracks in BMHI as part of educational programs in medicine, nursing, health care management, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, health record administration, and informatics /computer science as well as for dedicated programs in BMHI (with bachelor, master or doctor degree).To support education in BMHI, IMIA offers to award a certificate for high-quality BMHI education. It supports information exchange on programs and courses in BMHI through its Working Group on Health and Medical Informatics Education.

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