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Guardia, A., and B. C. Boyer. "Personal Health and Consumer Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 21, no. 01 (August 2012): 25–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1639426.
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SummaryTo summarize current outstanding research in the field of Personal Health and Consumers Informatics.A selection of excellent research articles published in 2011 in the field of Personal Health Informatics and Consumer Informatics.This selection of articles shows that Personal Health Informatics is changing. Indeed, the different solutions tended to the doctors and their interaction, but also tended to the patient in order for him to be more active in his own medical healthcare. The consumer section highlights the development of the social network and the possible limitations.
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Singer, Jennifer S., Eric M. Cheng, Kevin Baldwin, and Michael A. Pfeffer. "The UCLA Health Resident Informaticist Program – A Novel Clinical Informatics Training Program." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 24, no. 4 (January 23, 2017): 832–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw174.
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Abstract Few opportunities exist for physician trainees to gain exposure to, and training in, the field of clinical informatics, an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education–accredited, recently board-certified specialty. Currently, 21 approved programs exist nationwide for the formal training of fellows interested in pursuing careers in this discipline. Residents and fellows training in medical and surgical fields, however, have few avenues available to gain experience in clinical informatics. An early introduction to clinical informatics brings an opportunity to generate interest for future career trajectories. At University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Health, we have developed a novel, successful, and sustainable program, the Resident Informaticist Program, with the goals of exposing physician trainees to the field of clinical informatics and its academic nature and providing opportunities to expand the clinical informatics workforce. Herein, we provide an overview of the development, implementation, and current state of the UCLA Health Resident Informaticist Program, with a blueprint for development of similar programs.
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Frank Cervone, H. "Perspectives on informatics in the health sciences for information professionals." Digital Library Perspectives 32, no. 4 (November 14, 2016): 226–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dlp-07-2016-0020.
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Purpose Informatics is a relatively new interdisciplinary field which is not very well understood outside of specific disciplinary communities. With a review of the history of informatics and a discussion of the various branches of informatics related to health-care practice, the paper aims to provide an overview designed to enhance the understanding of an information professional interested in this field. Design/methodology/approach The paper is designed to provide a basic introduction to the topic of informatics for information professionals unfamiliar with the field. Using a combination of historical and current sources, the role of informatics in the health professions is explored through its history and development. Findings The emergence of informatics as a discipline is a relatively recent phenomenon. Informatics is neither information technology (IT) nor information science but shares many common interests, concerns and techniques with these other two fields. The role of the informaticist is to transform data to knowledge and information. Consequently, while the outcomes may be different, there are many commonalities in informatics with the work information professionals perform. Originality/value Most introductions to informatics assume the reader is either an IT professional or a clinical practitioner in one of the health science fields. This paper takes a unique approach by positioning the discussion of the history and application of informatics in the health sciences from the perspective of the information professional.
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Adejumo, A., D. Luna, and A. Marcelo. "Health Informatics for Development: a Threepronged Strategy of Partnerships, Standards, and Mobile Health." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 20, no. 01 (August 2011): 96–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638745.
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SummaryDescribe the issues surrounding health informatics in developing countries and the challenges faced by practitioners in building internal capacity. From these issues, the authors propose cost-effective strategies that can fast track health informatics development in these low to medium income countries (LMICs).The authors conducted a review of literature and consulted key opinion leaders who have experience with health informatics implementations around the world.Despite geographic and cultural differences, many LMICs share similar challenges and opportunities in developing health informatics.Partnerships, standards, and inter-operability are well known components of successful informatics programs. Establishing partnerships can be comprised of formal inter-institutional collaborations on training and research, collaborative open source software development, and effective use of social networking. Lacking legacy systems, LMICs can discuss standards and inter-operability more openly and have greater potential for success. Lastly, since cellphones are pervasive in developing countries, they can be leveraged as access points for delivering and documenting health services in remote under-served areas. Mobile health or mHealth gives LMICs a unique opportunity to leapfrog through most issues that have plagued health informaticsin developed countries. By employing this proposed roadmap, LMICs can now develop capacity for health informaticsusing appropriate and cost-effective technologies.
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Moehr, J. R. "Where to in the Next Ten Years of Health Informatics Education?" Methods of Information in Medicine 45, no. 03 (2006): 283–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1634076.
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Summary Objectives: To explore whether education in health/ medical informaticsa should continue to evolve along the lines pursued since the early seventies, or whether a change is advisable. Methods: Roots and key resulting characteristics for European and US American approaches HI education are identified. In Europe holistic approaches based on a synthesis of medicine and informatics (= computer science) with programs ranging from vocational training through university programs to doctoral and postdoctoral programs were characteristic. The US American approaches emphasized the higher levels of education and a diverse selection of specialized subjects. Changes in health and health informatics are summarized. Results: Two types of changes are identified: high-tech applications arising at the interface of imaging, robotics, and the -omics (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics), and invasive applications centering on consumer health informatics and a move from curative to prospective health care. Conclusions: It is proposed that curative medicine is adequately served by current educational approaches, but that the move towards prospective health care requires a move towards education and change management for health professionals and health informatics professionals.
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Mudumbai, Seshadri C., Rodney A. Gabriel, Stephen Howell, Jonathan M. Tan, Robert E. Freundlich, Vikas O’Reilly Shah, Samir Kendale, Karl Poterack, and Brian S. Rothman. "Public Health Informatics and the Perioperative Physician: Looking to the Future." Anesthesia & Analgesia 138, no. 2 (January 12, 2024): 253–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000006649.
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The role of informatics in public health has increased over the past few decades, and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has underscored the critical importance of aggregated, multicenter, high-quality, near-real-time data to inform decision-making by physicians, hospital systems, and governments. Given the impact of the pandemic on perioperative and critical care services (eg, elective procedure delays; information sharing related to interventions in critically ill patients; regional bed-management under crisis conditions), anesthesiologists must recognize and advocate for improved informatic frameworks in their local environments. Most anesthesiologists receive little formal training in public health informatics (PHI) during clinical residency or through continuing medical education. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that this knowledge gap represents a missed opportunity for our specialty to participate in informatics-related, public health-oriented clinical care and policy decision-making. This article briefly outlines the background of PHI, its relevance to perioperative care, and conceives intersections with PHI that could evolve over the next quarter century.
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Haux, R., F. J. Leven, J. R. Moehr, and D. J. Protti. "Health and Medical Informatics Education." Methods of Information in Medicine 33, no. 03 (1994): 246–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1635023.
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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.
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Hollis, Kate Fultz, Fleur Mougin, and Lina F. Soualmia. "Informatics for One Health." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 32, no. 01 (August 2023): 002–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1768757.
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Objectives: To introduce the 2023 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Yearbook by the editors. Methods: The editorial provides an introduction and overview to the 2023 IMIA Yearbook where the special topic is “Informatics for One Health”. The special topic, survey papers and some best papers are discussed. The section changes in the Yearbook editorial committee are also described. Results: IMIA Yearbook 2023 provides many perspectives on a relatively new topic called “One Digital Health”. The subject is vast, and includes the use of digital technologies to promote the well-being of people and animals, but also of the environment in which they evolve. Many sections produced new work in the topic including One Health and all sections included the latest themes in many specialties in medical informatics. Conclusions: The theme of “Informatics for One Health” is relatively new but the editors of the IMIA Yearbook have presented excellent and thought-provoking work for biomedical informatics in 2023.
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Garde, Sebastian, David Harrison, Mohammed Huque, and Evelyn JS Hovenga. "Building health informatics skills for health professionals: results from the Australian Health Informatics Skill Needs Survey." Australian Health Review 30, no. 1 (2006): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah060034.
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Objective: To ascertain health professionals? perceptions of health informatics skills required in their roles. Design: A paper-based survey with a stratified random sample of Australian health professionals and a web-based survey open to all Australian health professionals were conducted. Measurement: A questionnaire on the health professionals? perceived degree of competency required for a total of 69 specific skills in five skill categories based on the International Medical Informatics Association?s (IMIA) set of recommendations on education and IMIA?s scientific map. Results: 462 health professionals responded to the paper-based questionnaire, and 167 respondents to the Internet questionnaire. Internet respondents reported higher required degrees of competency for specific health informatics and information technology skills than paper respondents, while paper respondents valued clinical skills higher than the Internet respondents. Conclusion: Health professionals increasingly use information technology (IT), and some also deploy, research or develop health care IT. Consequently, they need to be adequately educated for their specific roles in health informatics. Our results inform developers of educational programs while acknowledging the diversity of roles in health informatics and the diversity of pathways towards a professional health informatics qualification.
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Lee, Robert, James Hitt, Geoffrey G. Hobika, and Nader D. Nader. "The Case for the Anesthesiologist-Informaticist." JMIR Perioperative Medicine 5, no. 1 (February 28, 2022): e32738. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/32738.
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Health care has been transformed by computerization, and the use of electronic health record systems has become widespread. Anesthesia information management systems are commonly used in the operating room to maintain records of anesthetic care delivery. The perioperative environment and the practice of anesthesia generate a large volume of data that may be reused to support clinical decision-making, research, and process improvement. Anesthesiologists trained in clinical informatics, referred to as informaticists or informaticians, may help implement and optimize anesthesia information management systems. They may also participate in clinical research, management of information systems, and quality improvement in the operating room or throughout a health care system. Here, we describe the specialty of clinical informatics, how anesthesiologists may obtain training in clinical informatics, and the considerations particular to the subspecialty of anesthesia informatics. Management of perioperative information systems, implementation of computerized clinical decision support systems in the perioperative environment, the role of virtual visits and remote monitoring, perioperative informatics research, perioperative process improvement, leadership, and change management are described from the perspective of the anesthesiologist-informaticist.
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Altwaijiri, M., and B. Aldosari. "Health Informatics Master Program at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 17, no. 01 (August 2008): 145–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638593.
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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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Kulikowski, C. A., and A. Geissbuhler. "Personal Health Informatics. Editorial." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 21, no. 01 (August 2012): 2–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1639422.
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SummaryTo provide an editorial introduction to the 2012 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics with an overview of its contents and contributors.A brief overview of the main theme, and an outline of the purposes, contents, format, and acknowledgment of contributions for the 2012 IMIA Yearbook.This 2012 issue of the IMIA Yearbook highlights important developments in personal health informatics, impacting the activities in research, education and practice in this interdisciplinary field.There has been steady progress towards introducing individualization or personalization into informatics systems by taking advantage of the increasing amounts of personal information that is relevant to medical decisions and application in clinical practice. At the same time, there are serious issues about the limits of existing systems being able to effectively personalize information within both practical and ethical constraints so critical to the practice of medicine. Recent literature bearing on these questions includes the selected papers published during the past 12 months, and articles reported by IMIA Working Groups on these topics.Surveys of the main research sub-fields in biomedical informatics in the Yearbook provide an overview of progress and current challenges across the spectrum of the discipline, focusing on the challenges and opportunities involved in personal health informatics.
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Alamro, Amro A., Mohammed S. Aljuma, Sami S. Alateeq, Nader M. Alharbi, Abdulaziz S. Alharbi, Rayan S. Alghufaili, Ahmed A. Alsharekh, and Abdullah A. Alharbi. "Challenges of Health Informatics Systems in Primary Health Care." Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences 9, no. 10 (October 13, 2023): 717–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.36348/sjmps.2023.v09i10.004.
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Health informatics systems are indispensable implements for cultivating the eminence and effectiveness of primary health care. Health informatics systems are formed of databases and figures regarding all clinical facilities. The utilization of health informatics systems helps both healthcare providers and patients in the management of disorders and disease risks and in developing well-being. However, there are a number of challenges to the application and practice of health informatics systems in the settings of primary health care. These challenges embrace; the absence of capital and money, the absence of technical skill, the absence of user recognition and approval, information quality problems, safety and confidentiality concerns, incorporation with other systems, and interoperability deficiency. Human, cultural, and financial barriers with deficiency of technical proficiency, deficiency of a relation between clinicians and patients, worries about information privacy, absence of administration guidelines, bureaucracy, lack of training, English language barrier, the degree of workload due to the time shortness during clinical settings, infrastructure concerns e.g. availability of the electricity, computers, and internet, also high turnover in IT among healthcare are also some challenges that should be addressed. These challenges can hold back the capacity of health informatics systems to comprehend their complete perspective in primary health care. To address these challenges, it is essential to provide sufficient capital and funds, offer practice and maintenance for users, overcome information quality concerns, apply safety and confidentiality procedures, incorporate health informatics systems with other systems, and endorse interoperability. By overcoming these challenges, health informatics systems can play a major role in developing the quality and efficiency of primary health care.
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Veinot, Tiffany C., Jessica S. Ancker, and Suzanne Bakken. "Health informatics and health equity: improving our reach and impact." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 26, no. 8-9 (August 1, 2019): 689–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocz132.
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Abstract Health informatics studies the use of information technology to improve human health. As informaticists, we seek to reduce the gaps between current healthcare practices and our societal goals for better health and healthcare quality, safety, or cost. It is time to recognize health equity as one of these societal goals—a point underscored by this Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Special Focus Issue, “Health Informatics and Health Equity: Improving our Reach and Impact.” This Special Issue highlights health informatics research that focuses on marginalized and underserved groups, health disparities, and health equity. In particular, this Special Issue intentionally showcases high-quality research and professional experiences that encompass a broad range of subdisciplines, methods, marginalized populations, and approaches to disparities. Building on this variety of submissions and other recent developments, we highlight contents of the Special Issue and offer an assessment of the state of research at the intersection of health informatics and health equity.
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Gadd, Cynthia S., Jeffrey J. Williamson, Elaine B. Steen, and Douglas B. Fridsma. "Creating advanced health informatics certification." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 23, no. 4 (June 28, 2016): 848–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw089.
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Abstract In 2005, AMIA leaders and members concluded that certification of advanced health informatics professionals would offer value to individual practitioners, organizations that hire them, and society at large. AMIA’s work to create advanced informatics certification began by leading a successful effort to create the clinical informatics subspecialty for American Board of Medical Specialties board-certified physicians. Since 2012, AMIA has been working to establish advanced health informatics certification (AHIC) for all health informatics practitioners regardless of their primary discipline. In November 2015, AMIA completed the first of 3 key tasks required to establish AHIC, with the AMIA Board of Directors’ endorsement of proposed eligibility requirements. This AMIA Board white paper describes efforts to establish AHIC, reports on the current status of AHIC components, and provides a context for the proposed AHIC eligibility requirements.
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Massoudi, B. L., and K. G. Chester. "Public Health, Population Health, and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 26, no. 01 (August 2017): 241–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1606510.
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Summary Objectives: To survey advances in public and population health and epidemiology informatics over the past 18 months. Methods: We conducted a review of English-language research works conducted in the domain of public and population health informatics and published in MEDLINE or Web of Science between January 2015 and June 2016 where information technology or informatics was a primary subject or main component of the study methodology. Selected articles were presented using a thematic analysis based on the 2011 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Public Health Informatics Agenda tracks as a typology. Results: Results are given within the context developed by Dixon et al., (2015) and key themes from the 2011 AMIA Public Health Informatics Agenda. Advances are presented within a socio-technical infrastructure undergirded by a trained, competent public health workforce, systems development to meet the business needs of the practice field, and research that evaluates whether those needs are adequately met. The ability to support and grow the infrastructure depends on financial sustainability. Conclusions: The fields of public health and population health informatics continue to grow, with the most notable developments focused on surveillance, workforce development, and linking to or providing clinical services, which encompassed population health informatics advances. Very few advances addressed the need to improve communication, coordination, and consistency with the field of informatics itself, as identified in the AMIA agenda. This will likely result in the persistence of the silos of public health information systems that currently exist. Future research activities need to aim toward a holistic approach of informatics across the enterprise.
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Massoudi, B. L., and K. G. Chester. "Public Health, Population Health, and Epidemiology Informatics: Recent Research and Trends in the United States." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 26, no. 01 (2017): 241–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.15265/iy-2017-035.
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Summary Objectives: To survey advances in public and population health and epidemiology informatics over the past 18 months. Methods: We conducted a review of English-language research works conducted in the domain of public and population health informatics and published in MEDLINE or Web of Science between January 2015 and June 2016 where information technology or informatics was a primary subject or main component of the study methodology. Selected articles were presented using a thematic analysis based on the 2011 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Public Health Informatics Agenda tracks as a typology. Results: Results are given within the context developed by Dixon et al., (2015) and key themes from the 2011 AMIA Public Health Informatics Agenda. Advances are presented within a socio-technical infrastructure undergirded by a trained, competent public health workforce, systems development to meet the business needs of the practice field, and research that evaluates whether those needs are adequately met. The ability to support and grow the infrastructure depends on financial sustainability. Conclusions: The fields of public health and population health informatics continue to grow, with the most notable developments focused on surveillance, workforce development, and linking to or providing clinical services, which encompassed population health informatics advances. Very few advances addressed the need to improve communication, coordination, and consistency with the field of informatics itself, as identified in the AMIA agenda. This will likely result in the persistence of the silos of public health information systems that currently exist. Future research activities need to aim toward a holistic approach of informatics across the enterprise.
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Kulikowski, Casimir, and Antoine Geissbuhler. "Towards Health Informatics 3.0. Editorial." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 20, no. 01 (August 2011): 06–07. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638729.
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SummaryTo provide an editorial introduction to the 2011 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics with an overview of its contents and contributors.A brief overview of the main theme, and an outline of the purposes, contents, format, and acknowledgment of contributions for the 2011 IMIA Yearbook.This 2011 issue of the IMIA Yearbook highlights important developments in the development of Web 3.0 capabilities that are increasing in Health Informatics, impacting the activities in research, education and practice in this interdisciplinary field. There has been steady progress towards introducing semantics into informatics systems through more sophisticated representations of knowledge in their underlying information. Health Informatics 3.0 capabilities are identified from the recent literature, illustrated by selected papers published during the past 12 months, and articles reported by IMIA Working Groups.Surveys of the main research sub-fields in biomedical informatics in the Yearbook provide an overview of progress and current challenges across the spectrum of the discipline, focusing on Web 3.0 challenges and opportunities.
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Amir, Puteri Nureylia, Mohd Fazeli Sazali, Loganathan Salvaraji, Nafsah Dulajis, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim, and Richard Avoi. "Public Health Informatics in Global Health Surveillance: A Review." Borneo Epidemiology Journal 2, no. 2 (December 29, 2021): 74–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.51200/bej.v2i2.3628.
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Background: Surveillance is the backbone for effective public health practice. Traditionally, surveillance system relies on the collection of information regarding health-related events through healthcare facilities, disease notification system from the physician, syndromic notification networks, selected sentinel healthcare facilities, or by event-based data. However, there are several limitations in using conventional surveillance.
Methods: With the advancement of technology and computer science, overcoming those limitations and complementing the traditional method has been recommended. Three leading emerging technologies are applied in public health surveillance: the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and blockchain.
Results: Application of informatics in public health surveillance could raise several issues including accessibility and affordability of innovations; public health informatics’ experts, law, and regulation to protect patients’ information; social and ethical considerations, norms, and standards of implementing new technologies; data ownership; privacy and sharing of information; biosecurity; biosafety; and cybersecurity.
Conclusion: This article aimed to review several applications of informatics system in public health surveillance practice and its several issues related to the use of technology. Several applications of informatics could be useful for incoming challenges in public health. However, application of informatics can pose significant issues and must be taken into consideration in public health practice.
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Gomathy, Dr CK, Duggirala Sri Datta Vallab, and Yaratha Yagn Sai Praneesh Reddy. "THE EVOLUTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS." INTERANTIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 07, no. 11 (November 1, 2023): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.55041/ijsrem26764.
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Public Health Informatics is a dynamic field at the intersection of health care, information technology, and epidemiology. Provides an overview of the key aspects of Public Health Informatics, highlighting its significance in modern healthcare systems. Public Health Informatics encompasses the collection, analysis, interpretation, and utilization of health data to improve public health outcomes. Keywords: Public Health Data, Health Information Systems, Epidemiology, Healthcare Informatics, Health Policy, Population Health, Health Promotion, Data Security.
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Fiorini, Rodolfo, and Izet Masic. "Managing information in Health Informatics." Acta Informatica Medica 25, no. 3 (2017): 191. http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2017.25.191-194.
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Lewis, Alex. "Health informatics: information and communication." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 8, no. 3 (May 2002): 165–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.8.3.165.
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In health care, the word ‘communication’ covers a wide range of interactions, including interpersonal communication, communication technology, medical education, health policy and mass communication. It takes many forms, from a brief informal talk between colleagues to formalised written documents between professionals. The essence of this verbal and written communication is the sharing of information. To make our information exchange more useful and to give it more meaning, the information communicated needs an appropriate framework. For example, the meaning of the diagnosis ‘schizophrenia’ is greatly enhanced by knowledge of the individual patient within the context (the framework) of his or her past history and family background.
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Lun, K. C. "New Challenges for Health Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 13, no. 01 (August 2004): 181–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638190.
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Abstract:In March 2001, the International Medical Informatics Association organized a workshop entitled “Challenges in Medical Informatics” in Madrid, Spain. It invited twenty members of the medical* informatics community to discuss current issues relating to the academic standing of the field. The broad objectives of the workshop were (a) to review the relevance of medical informatics as an academic discipline in today’s setting and (b) to examine its impact by the new world economy. One of the issues discussed was to find an appropriate response to the growing emergence of bioinformatics in the age of genomic discovery and molecular medicine. With the exciting discoveries in molecular medicine coming hot on the heels of the first draft of the mapping of the human genome and the availability of high-throughput measurement of gene expressions using microarray techniques, bioinformatics has, in recent years, gained prominence in life sciences research and development. As the next phase of research will see the applications of genomic and proteomic data in the clinical management and treatment of patients, it is inevitable that bioinformatics and health informatics will converge, presenting an exciting new challenge for our field. The terms “biomedical informatics” and “clinical bioinformatics” have been used to describe this convergence.Another exciting challenge for health informatics comes from the spectre of global bioterrorism. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the USA and the spate of anthrax outbreaks there and elsewhere, there has been an urgent need to review current methods of disease surveillance. Current research in “preventive bioterrorism” focuses on the use of prodromal (warning) symptoms to predict serious infectious disease outbreaks. The health informatics challenge, in this case, is to develop a wide area network of health information systems to achieve real-time reporting of prodromal symptoms from sentinel stations and to deploy datamining and decision analytical techniques for the outbreak predictions.The third challenge to be covered in this presentation relates to the deployment of networked virtual reality for remote tele-rehabilitation of patients with cognitive and physical impairments. While the benefits of deploying telemedicinal principles for remote medical rehabilitation of patients are clear, the costs and use of virtual reality pose a real challenge. Some solutions are proposed in this paper.
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Peltonen, Laura-Maria, Siobhan O'Connor, Aaron Conway, Robyn Cook, Leanne M. Currie, William Goossen, Nicholas R. Hardiker, et al. "Nursing Informatics' Contribution to One Health." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 32, no. 01 (August 2023): 065–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1768738.
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Objectives: To summarise contemporary knowledge in nursing informatics related to education, practice, governance and research in advancing One Health. Methods: This descriptive study combined a theoretical and an empirical approach. Published literature on recent advancements and areas of interest in nursing informatics was explored. In addition, empirical data from International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Nursing Informatics (NI) society reports were extracted and categorised into key areas regarding needs, established activities, issues under development and items not current. Results: A total of 1,772 references were identified through bibliographic database searches. After screening and assessment for eligibility, 146 articles were included in the review. Three topics were identified for each key area: 1) education: “building basic nursing informatics competence”, “interdisciplinary and interprofessional competence” and “supporting educators competence”; 2) practice: “digital nursing and patient care”, “evidence for timely issues in practice” and “patient-centred safe care”; 3) governance: “information systems in healthcare”, “standardised documentation in clinical context” and “concepts and interoperability”, and 4) research: “informatics literacy and competence”, “leadership and management”, and “electronic documentation of care”. 17 reports from society members were included. The data showed overlap with the literature, but also highlighted needs for further work, including more strategies, methods and competence in nursing informatics to support One Health. Conclusions: Considering the results of this study, from the literature nursing informatics would appear to have a significant contribution to make to One Health across settings. Future work is needed for international guidelines on roles and policies as well as knowledge sharing.
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Gadd, Cynthia S., Jeffrey J. Williamson, Elaine B. Steen, Katherine P. Andriole, Connie Delaney, Karl Gumpper, Martin LaVenture, et al. "Eligibility requirements for advanced health informatics certification." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 23, no. 4 (June 28, 2016): 851–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw090.
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Abstract AMIA is leading the effort to strengthen the health informatics profession by creating an advanced health informatics certification (AHIC) for individuals whose informatics work directly impacts the practice of health care, public health, or personal health. The AMIA Board of Directors has endorsed a set of proposed AHIC eligibility requirements that will be presented to the future AHIC certifying entity for adoption. These requirements specifically establish who will be eligible to sit for the AHIC examination and more generally signal the depth and breadth of knowledge and experience expected from certified individuals. They also inform the development of the accreditation process and provide guidance to graduate health informatics programs as well as individuals interested in pursuing AHIC. AHIC eligibility will be determined by practice focus, education in primary field and health informatics, and significant health informatics experience.
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Gunson, John, and Lalnuntluangi Chawngthu. "Health Economics and Informatics." Nursing Science Quarterly 25, no. 2 (March 25, 2012): 176–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894318412437948.
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The provision of healthcare is a major global preoccupation and there is a continuing challenge due to a growing demand with finite resources. The tensions at play mean that people and their quality of life, which ought to be the main value considered, can be given lower priority than aspects of health economics and informatics. In this paper the authors demystify the economics and informatics of healthcare, and challenge policy makers and project managers to put nursing care in the fore in their decision-making. As an illustration of the non-negotiable patient-centric values Parse’s contributions to nursing are suggested.
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Dixon, Brian E., and John H. Holmes. "Managing Pandemics with Health Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 30, no. 01 (August 2021): 069–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726504.
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Summary Objective: To summarize significant research contributions on managing pandemics with health informatics published in 2020. Methods: An extensive search using PubMed and Scopus was conducted to identify peer-reviewed articles published in 2020 that examined health informatics systems used during the global COVID-19 pandemic. 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 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Yearbook. Results: Selected best papers represent the important and diverse ways that health informatics supported clinical and public health responses to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Selected papers represent four groups of papers: 1) Use of analytics to screen, triage, and manage patients; 2) Use of telehealth and remote monitoring to manage patients and populations; 3) Use of EHR systems and administrative systems to manage internal operations of a hospital or health system; and 4) Use of informatics methods and systems by public health authorities to capture, store, manage, and visualize population-level data and information. Conclusion: Health informatics played a critical role in managing patients and populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health care and public health organizations both leveraged available information systems and standards to rapidly identify cases, triage infected individuals, and monitor population trends. The selected best papers represent a fraction of the body of knowledge stemming from COVID-19, most of which is focused on pandemic response. Future work will be needed to help the world recover from the pandemic and strengthen the health information infrastructure in preparation for the next pandemic.
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Sapci, A. Hasan, and H. Aylin Sapci. "Teaching Hands-On Informatics Skills to Future Health Informaticians: A Competency Framework Proposal and Analysis of Health Care Informatics Curricula." JMIR Medical Informatics 8, no. 1 (January 21, 2020): e15748. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/15748.
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Background Existing health informatics curriculum requirements mostly use a competency-based approach rather than a skill-based one. Objective The main objective of this study was to assess the current skills training requirements in graduate health informatics curricula to evaluate graduate students’ confidence in specific health informatics skills. Methods A quantitative cross-sectional observational study was developed to evaluate published health informatics curriculum requirements and to determine the comprehensive health informatics skill sets required in a research university in New York, United States. In addition, a questionnaire to assess students’ confidence about specific health informatics skills was developed and sent to all enrolled and graduated Master of Science students in a health informatics program. Results The evaluation was performed in a graduate health informatics program, and analysis of the students’ self-assessments questionnaire showed that 79.4% (81/102) of participants were not confident (not at all confident or slightly confident) about developing an artificial intelligence app, 58.8% (60/102) were not confident about designing and developing databases, and 54.9% (56/102) were not confident about evaluating privacy and security infrastructure. Less than one-third of students (24/105, 23.5%) were confident (extremely confident and very confident) that they could evaluate the use of data capture technologies and develop mobile health informatics apps (10/102, 9.8%). Conclusions Health informatics programs should consider specialized tracks that include specific skills to meet the complex health care delivery and market demand, and specific training components should be defined for different specialties. There is a need to determine new competencies and skill sets that promote inductive and deductive reasoning from diverse and various data platforms and to develop a comprehensive curriculum framework for health informatics skills training.
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Vimarlund, V., and S. Koch. "Critical Advances in Bridging Personal Health Informatics and Clinical Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 21, no. 01 (August 2012): 48–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1639430.
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SummaryTo provide a survey over significant developments in the area of linking personal health informatics and clinical informatics, to give insights into critical advances and to discuss open problems and opportunities in this area.A scoping review over the literature published in scientific journals and relevant conference proceedings in the intersection between personal health informatics and clinical informatics over the years 2010 and 2011 was performed.The publications analyzed are related to two main topics, namely “Sharing information and collaborating through personal health records, portals and social networks” and “Integration of personal health systems with clinical information systems”. For the first topic,resultsarepresentedaccordingtofivedifferentthemes:”Patient expectationsandattitudes”,”Realuseexperiences”,”Changesforcareproviders”,”Barrierstoadoption”and”Proposedtechnicalinfrastructures”.Forthesecondtopic,twodifferentthemeswerefound,namely”Technicalarchitecturesand interoperability”“and”Security,safetyandprivacyissues”.Results show a number of gaps between the information needs of patients and the information care provider organizations provide to them as well as the lack of a trusted technical, ethical and regulatory framework regarding information sharing.Despiterecentdevelopmentsintheareasofpersonal health informatics and clinical informatics both fields have diverging needs. To support both clinical work processes and empower patients to effectivelyhandleself-care, anumberofissuesremainunsolved.Open issues include privacy and confidentiality, including trusted sharing of health information and building collaborative environments between patients,theirfamiliesandcareproviders.Therearefurtherchallengesto meet around health and technology literacy as well as to overcome structural and organizational barriers. Frameworks for evaluatingpersonal health informatics applications and pervasive health technology are needed to build up an evidence basis.
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Turner, Anne, Julio Facelli, Monique Jaspers, Thomas Wetter, Daniel Pfeifer, Laël Cranmer Gatewood, Terry Adam, et al. "Solving Interoperability in Translational Health." Applied Clinical Informatics 08, no. 02 (April 2017): 651–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/aci-2017-01-cr-0012.
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SummaryBackground: In the summer of 2016 an international group of biomedical and health informatics faculty and graduate students gathered for the 16th meeting of the International Partnership in Health Informatics Education (IPHIE) masterclass at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. This international biomedical and health informatics workshop was created to share knowledge and explore issues in biomedical health informatics (BHI).Objective: The goal of this paper is to summarize the discussions of biomedical and health informatics graduate students who were asked to define interoperability, and make critical observations to gather insight on how to improve biomedical education.Methods: Students were assigned to one of four groups and asked to define interoperability and explore potential solutions to current problems of interoperability in health care.Results: We summarize here the student reports on the importance and possible solutions to the “interoperability problem” in biomedical informatics. Reports are provided from each of the four groups of highly qualified graduate students from leading BHI programs in the US, Europe and Asia.Conclusion: International workshops such as IPHIE provide a unique opportunity for graduate student learning and knowledge sharing. BHI faculty are encouraged to incorporate into their curriculum opportunities to exercise and strengthen student critical thinking to prepare our students for solving health informatics problems in the future.Citation: Turner AM, Facell JC, Jaspers M, Wetter T, Pfeifer D, Gatewood LC, Adam T, Li Y-C, Lin M-C, Evans RS, Beukenhorst A, van Mens H, Tensen E, Bock C, Fendrich L, Seitz P, Suleder J, Aldekhyyel R, Bridgeman K, Hu Z, Sattler A, Guo S-Y, Mohaimenul IMd, Ningrum DNA, Tung H-R, Bian J, Plasek JM, Rommel C, Burke J, Sohi H. Solving interoperability in translational health: perspectives of students from the International Partnership in Health Informatics Education (IPHIE) 2016 master class. Appl Clin Inform 2017; 8: 651–659 https://doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2017-01-CR-0012
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Valdez, Rupa S., Jessica S. Ancker, and Tiffany C. Veinot. "Provocations for Reimagining Informatics Approaches to Health Equity." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 31, no. 01 (August 2022): 015–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1742514.
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As the informatics community commits to the goal of advancing health equity, it is essential that we openly critique our current approaches and reimagine the ways in which we design, implement, evaluate, and advocate for policies related to informatics interventions. In this paper, we present five provocations as a starting point for building more conscientious informatics practice in service of this goal: 1) Health informatics interventions can create an “illusion of impactful action” without significant material benefits for marginalized patients, families, and communities; 2) Health informatics interventions target the wrong stakeholders, the wrong processes, and the wrong technologies to achieve equity; 3) Informaticians must conceptualize health literacy and other factors shaping patients' experiences as a system-level rather than individual-level characteristic; 4) Informatics interventions wrongly assume that interacting contextual factors can be meaningfully captured by over-simplified structured variables; and 5) Informatics interventions often specify the wrong system boundaries and solution space. We further assert that drastic shifts in our current practices will allow us to honor our claims of valuing patient-centered approaches, especially for marginalized communities.
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Halliday, Toochukwu A., E. I. Achalu, and E. U. Asogwa. "Utilization of Consumer Health Informatics in Health Promotion among Staff of Tertiary Institutions in Rivers State." Advances in Clinical Medical Research 2, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 01–07. http://dx.doi.org/10.48112/acmr.v2i1.10.
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This study investigated the utilization of consumer health informatics in health promotion among the staff of tertiary institutions in Rivers state. A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used. Two research questions guided this paper. The population of this paper comprised all the 13,046 staff of tertiary institutions in Rivers state. A sample of 1226 staff was drawn using multi-stage sampling techniques. An instrument titled, “Utilization of Consumer Health Informatics in Health Promotion Questionnaire” (UCHIHPQ) was adopted for data collection. The instrument was validated and reliability yielded an index of 0.80. Mean and Standard Deviation statistics were used to answer the research questions. The statistical analysis was performed with the use of SPSS v23. The result revealed among others that to a very large extent, the respondents accepted that consumer health informatics was used to improve their nutritional and physical health status. It was therefore concluded and recommended among others that staff of tertiary institutions in Rivers state should regularly use intelligent informatics applications to attain a healthy balance between self-reliance and seeking professional help concerning nutritional and physical health matters.
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Marquard, Jenna. "Human Factors and Organizational Issues in Health Informatics: Innovations and Opportunities." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 30, no. 01 (August 2021): 091–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726511.
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Objective: Human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) frameworks and methods are becoming embedded in the health informatics community. There is now broad recognition that health informatics tools must account for the diverse needs, characteristics, and abilities of end users, as well as their context of use. The objective of this review is to synthesize the current nature and scope of HF/E integration into the health informatics community. Methods: Because the focus of this synthesis is on understanding the current integration of the HF/E and health informatics research communities, we manually reviewed all manuscripts published in primary HF/E and health informatics journals during 2020. Results: HF/E-focused health informatics studies included in this synthesis focused heavily on EHR customizations, specifically clinical decision support customizations and customized data displays, and on mobile health innovations. While HF/E methods aimed to jointly improve end user safety, performance, and satisfaction, most HF/E-focused health informatics studies measured only end user satisfaction. Conclusion: HF/E-focused health informatics researchers need to identify and communicate methodological standards specific to health informatics, to better synthesize findings across resource intensive HF/E-focused health informatics studies. Important gaps in the HF/E design and evaluation process should be addressed in future work, including support for technology development platforms and training programs so that health informatics designers are as diverse as end users.
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Moreau-Gaudry, A., and S. Voros. "Sensor, Signal, and Imaging Informatics: Evidence-Based Health Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 22, no. 01 (August 2013): 117–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638842.
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Summary Objectives: This synopsis presents a selection for the IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association) Yearbook 2013 of excellent research in the broad field of Sensor, Signal, and Imaging Informatics published in the year 2012. Methods: We performed a systematic initial selection and a double blind peer review process to find the best papers in this domain published in 2012, from the PubMed and Web of Science databases. A set of MeSH keywords provided by experts was used. Results: Current research in the field of sensor signal and imaging informatics is based on innovative sensors from which relevant information (signal and imaging) can be acquired and integrated into workflow based or patient based models. This rich environment can help the medical staff in carrying out more optimal care. The demonstration of the added value of such innovations is more and more performed through evidence-based evaluations. Conclusions: The best paper selection of articles on sensors, signal, and imaging informatics illustrates the wide spectrum covered by this field in 2012, and the attention paid to evaluations.
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Marin, H. F., E. Massad, L. Ohno-Machado, and E. P. Marques. "Training in Health Informatics in Brazil." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 13, no. 01 (August 2004): 185–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638192.
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Abstract:Technology is transforming not only the practice of healthcare but also professional training and educational models. Developing countries, such as Brazil, are increasingly suffering from a severe shortage of health informatics specialists. Training of professionals in this field is expensive, and there is a limited supply of high-quality teaching resources available. We envision that training in health informatics can be better achieved if cultural and technological barriers are anticipated and the training program is prepared accordingly. We describe our four-year experience of a Brazil/USA training program and discuss lessons learned during its implementation. Eleven onsite courses, one seminar, and two conferences were developed under this unique initiative, which made possible the collaboration among different countries and distinguished leaders in the field of medical informatics. We also described a few identified initiatives to implement health informatics in the curriculum.
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Jimison, Holly Brügge, and Paul Phillip Sher. "Consumer health informatics: Health information technology for consumers." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 46, no. 10 (December 1995): 783–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(199512)46:10<783::aid-asi11>3.0.co;2-l.
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Thiébaut, R., and F. Thiessard. "Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 26, no. 01 (August 2017): 248–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1606511.
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Summary Objectives: To summarize current research in the field of Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics. Methods: The complete 2016 literature concerning public health and epidemiology informatics has been searched in PubMed and Web of Science, and the returned references were reviewed by the two section editors to select 14 candidate best papers. These papers were then peer-reviewed by external reviewers to allow the editorial team an enlightened selection of the best papers. Results: Among the 829 references retrieved from PubMed and Web of Science, three were finally selected as best papers. The first one compares Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia as tools for Influenza surveillance. The second paper presents a Geographic Knowledge-Based Model for mapping suitable areas for Rift Valley fever transmission in Eastern Africa. The last paper evaluates the factors associated with the visit of Facebook pages devoted to Public Health Communication. Conclusions: Surveillance is still a productive topic in public health informatics but other very important topics in public health are appearing.
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Thiébaut, R., and F. Thiessard. "Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 26, no. 01 (2017): 248–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.15265/iy-2017-036.
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Summary Objectives: To summarize current research in the field of Public Health and Epidemiology Informatics. Methods: The complete 2016 literature concerning public health and epidemiology informatics has been searched in PubMed and Web of Science, and the returned references were reviewed by the two section editors to select 14 candidate best papers. These papers were then peer-reviewed by external reviewers to allow the editorial team an enlightened selection of the best papers. Results: Among the 829 references retrieved from PubMed and Web of Science, three were finally selected as best papers. The first one compares Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia as tools for Influenza surveillance. The second paper presents a Geographic Knowledge-Based Model for mapping suitable areas for Rift Valley fever transmission in Eastern Africa. The last paper evaluates the factors associated with the visit of Facebook pages devoted to Public Health Communication. Conclusions: Surveillance is still a productive topic in public health informatics but other very important topics in public health are appearing.
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King, S., H. Murray, and K. MacDonald. "Evolving a collaborative matrix for teaching informatics online to health sciences students at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences." Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada 31, no. 3 (July 24, 2014): 109. http://dx.doi.org/10.5596/c10-029.
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Introduction – The study of informatics is multidisciplinary in nature. The informatics course, HSC 310: Health Care Informatics (HSC 310), for undergraduate health sciences students at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) is an example of a librarian-led, multidisciplinary team functioning within a totally online environment. Description – The development and design of the course HSC 310 is reviewed. Issues and challenges are discussed, as well as the benefits of interdisciplinary expertise in the learning environment. Outcomes – Because informatics is fundamentally interdisciplinary in nature, librarians, instructional designers, statisticians, nurses, pharmacists, and other professionals can learn from each other and strengthen the learning experience of students. The “matrix” of informatics explains how diverse types of information interact with, and impact on, each other. This knowledge is crucial to the understanding of information and its role in one's professional life. There was a journey taken in the design of the course, its evolution cumulating in its final online form. Our unique design was an informatics exercise in itself. Student feedback confirmed that, in addition to the course content, the online environment was a positive educational experience. Discussion – Librarian involvement in teaching informatics at MCPHS began with a National Library of Medicine (NLM) fellowship in informatics at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This resulted in the library's first for-credit course offered totally in-class and included the participation of faculty from other disciplines. Successful collaboration with the College instructional designer was essential in moving this librarian-led course to a totally virtual environment. In addition, the teaming of librarians with other faculty resulted in two nursing-led, hybrid courses on our Boston and Manchester campuses. During the past two years, interdisciplinary teams have provided informatics instruction to the Boston campus within a totally online environment. This paper discusses one of those courses, HSC 310: Health Care Informatics. The topics discussed in the course and the virtual platform have both provided a valuable learning experience for faculty and students. Informatics is an area where varied disciplines can join to achieve common goals.
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Reid, J. C., J. A. Mitchell, and E. A. Balas. "Health Informatics Training at the University of Missouri." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 06, no. 01 (August 1997): 108–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1637867.
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AbstractHealth informatics training has a long tradition at the University of Missouri. The current program prepares future researchers for the rapidly changing field of health informatics. This paper describes the training program, the fellowships, the interdisciplinary strengths of the program, and representative projects. Research opportunities range from information analyses of basic medical sciences through development of clinical information systems to the evaluation of information systems. The informatics training program at the University of Missouri promotes evidence-based medical informatics and has a strong emphasis on the organizational aspects of successful information system implementation.
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Soriyan, H. A., E. R. Adagunodo, and A. D. Akinde. "A Philosophy for Health Informatics Education in Developing Countries: Nigeria as a Case Study." Methods of Information in Medicine 36, no. 02 (March 1997): 131–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1634691.
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Abstract:The use of computers in the health sector has increased significantly during the last few years in Nigeria. This paper addresses the integration of health and informatics education, or health education and informatics education, or informatics education in health care delivery. It gives an introduction to the status of a health informatics programme in the daily practice of computer use. The essence of a health informatics curriculum, the planning and administration of the programme in medical schools, and what informatics education offers the health sector, even in a developing country, are presented. The problems of administering an informatics programme in a conventional medical training curriculum are highlighted. The article describes the philosophy which should underline the framework for the formulation of appropriate national policies and curricula for health informatics education in developing countries, using Nigeria as a case study.
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Protti, D. J., J. V. Douglas, and M. J. Ball. "An International Health/Medical Informatics Programs Database." Methods of Information in Medicine 33, no. 03 (1994): 327–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1635016.
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Abstract:The University of Maryland at Baltimore has established a database of health/medical informatics programs worldwide. Since 1991, IMIA’s Working Group on Education and Training in Medical Informatics has provided guidance on critical issues of policy and purpose. At the Heidel-berg/Heilbronn Working Conference in 1992 on Health/Medical Informatics education, representatives to WG1 and participants made suggestions regarding database intent, structure, and attributes.
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Hovenga, E. J. S., and G. K. Whymark. "Health Informatics and Health Management Education at Central Queensland University." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 07, no. 01 (August 1998): 78–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1637888.
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AbstractHealth informatics education is relatively new in Australia. It began at Central Queensland University in the early 1990s with the development of postgraduate programs in health administration and information systems. The University has a long tradition of distance education. The adoption of this approach for our combined health informatics and management courses enabled program delivery to students located anywhere in Australia and beyond. This paper describes course development and planned future developments
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Kulikowski, C., and A. Geissbuhler. "Access to Health Information. Editorial." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 17, no. 01 (August 2008): 17–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638575.
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Summary Objectives To provide an editorial introduction to the 2008 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics with an overview of its contents and contributors. MethodsA brief overview of the main theme of “Access to Health Information”, and an outline of the purposes, contents, format, and acknowledgment of contributions for the 2008 IMIA Yearbook. Results This 2008 issue of the IMIA Yearbook highlights how Access to Health Information has become ubiquitous over the web during the past decade, with a significant number of publications in biomedical and health informatics addressing both the science and technology of the field and how it is contributing to the improvement of health systems worldwide through a number of original contributions, and selected excellent papers published during the past 12 months. Conclusion The reviews and surveys on the main research fields in medical informatics in the Yearbook provide an overview of progress during this fortieth year of IMIA, focusing on the critical role that informatics plays in access to health information.
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Geissbuhler, A., R. Haux, and C. Kulikowski. "Biomedical Informatics for Sustainable Health Systems. Editorial." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 16, no. 01 (August 2007): 6–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638519.
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SummaryTo provide an editorial introduction to the 2007 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics with an overview of its contents and contributors.A brief overview of the main theme of “Biomedical Informatics for Sustainable Health Systems”, and an outline of the purposes, contents, format, and acknowledgment of contributions for the 2007 IMIA Yearbook.In resonance with the MEDINFO 2007 conference theme “Building Sustainable Health Systems”, this issue of the Yearbook examines the role of healthcare informatics in helping face the challenge of sustainability for our health systems, through a number of original contributions, and selected papers published during the past 12 months.This timely topic, along with the review and surveys on the main streams of research in medical informatics, offer a complete overview of the development of our field. This current state of affairs is put in the perspective of the fortieth birthday of IMIA, reflecting on the past achievements of the Association, and outlining its potential to continue shaping the world of medical informatics.
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Mantas, J. "Section 6: Education and Consumer Informatics: Education and Consumer Health Informatics." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 16, no. 01 (August 2007): 90–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638531.
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SummaryTo report on recent efforts in the field of consumer health informatics (CHI) and education.A review of the literature we selected on using search engines and Medline with terms from consumer health informatics and education. Twenty two articles match these criteria.A great diversity of work spans the field of CHI. This relatively new field now faces challenges due to rapidly advancing technologies and the increasing empowerment of citizens connected over the worldwide web.The benefits of enhancing CIH components within existing medical curricula are already being noted.. Additionally, updated recommendations on health and medical informatics should incorporate CHI.Geissbuhler A, Haux R, Kulikowski C, editors. IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2007.
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Kalra, Dipak. "Health informatics 3.0." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 20, no. 01 (August 2011): 8–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1638730.
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SummaryWeb 3.0 promises us smart computer services that will interact with each other and leverage knowledge about us and our immediate context to deliver prioritised and relevant information to support decisions and actions. Healthcare must take advantage of such new knowledge-integrating services, in particular to support better cooperation between professionals of different disciplines working in different locations, and to enable well-informed co-operation between clinicians and patients. To grasp the potential of Web 3.0 we will need well-harmonised semantic resources that can richly connect virtual teams and link their strategies to real-time and tailored evidence. Facts, decision logic, care pathway steps, alerts, education need to be embedded within components that can interact with multiple EHR systems and services consistently. Using Health Informatics 3.0 a patient’s current situation could be compared with the outcomes of very similar patients (from across millions) to deliver personalised care recommendations. The integration of EHRs with biomedical sciences (‘omics) research results and predictive models such as the Virtual Physiological Human could help speed up the translation of new knowledge into clinical practice. The mission, and challenge, for Health Informatics 3.0 is to enable healthy citizens, patients and professionals to collaborate within a knowledge-empowered social network in which patient specific information and personalised real-time evidence are seamlessly interwoven.
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Haux, R. "Medical Informatics: A Key to the Future of Medicine and Health Care?" Methods of Information in Medicine 34, no. 05 (September 1995): 454–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1634624.
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Abstract:Commenting on the paper of Heathfield and Wyatt (The Road to Professionalism in Medical Informatics: A Proposal for Debate. Methods of Information in Medicine 1995) argued that Medical Informatics as a scientific discipline has reached a professional status. However, depending on the geographic location and the field of research, education or applications, requirements for further “professionalization” differ. It is proposed that Medical Informatics and Health Informatics should be regarded as one discipline and that Medical Informatics has to contribute to research, education and to the practice of health care in order to improve diagnostics, therapy and health care organization. The future of Medical Informatics is strongly dependent on health care professionals, who must be well-educated in medical informatics; these may be physicians, nurses, health care administrators, specialists in medical informatics, or others. There is still a continuing need for the systematic processing of data, information and knowledge in medicine and in health care. Also, due to its essentially cross-sectional nature encompassing most other disciplines in medicine and health sciences, Medical Informatics must be regarded as a key to the future of medicine and health care.
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Quispe-Juli, Cender U., and Carlos Jesús Aragón-Ayala. "Health informatics in medical education in Peru: are we ready for digital health?" Anales de la Facultad de Medicina 83, no. 4 (November 15, 2022): 369–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/anales.v83i4.23887.
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Dear Editor, Digital health applications have demonstrated benefits in several healthcare outcomes therefore it has become a serious alternative to getting Sustainable Development Goals 2030 related to health (1). In recent years, Latin America is creating policies and strategies for digital health. Peru is one of the earliest countries in Latin America that establish policies for eHealth and digital health but its implementation in the real world is limited (2). It is well known that some medical schools have courses related to informatics, Health Informatics (HI), or even medical informatics but there is no evidence about how many of peruvian medical schools teach HI within their curricula or what content or topics are provided.
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Wiese, William H. "Public Health Informatics and Information Systems." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 25, no. 1 (July 2003): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0749-3797(03)00088-6.
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