Health informatics. Messages and communication. Web access to DICOM persistent objects

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.

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Health Informatics – A Scientific Challenge?

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1635024 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 33 (03) ◽

pp. 250-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

J. R. Moehr

Keyword(s):

Health Information ◽

Health Informatics ◽

Research And Teaching ◽

Scientific Challenge

Abstract:The paper attempts to derive directions for research and teaching in health informatics. To this end, the achievements and continuing challenges of health informatics are exemplified, categorized, and related to common underlying phenomena. Suggestions by Blum and Blois are adopted which point to the complexity of health information as the critical ingredient. Examples are given of current efforts directed at dealing with this complexity. According to Popper and Brookes one may have to search for yet other ways of dealing specifically with information; we have barely started to explore these. It is suggested that this requirement for a fundamentally different orientation has profound consequences not only for our research but also for our teaching.

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Health and Medical Informatics Education

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1635023 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 33 (03) ◽

pp. 246-249 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

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.

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Health Informatics Education in the Third World

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1636790 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 28 (04) ◽

pp. 270-272 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

O. Rienhoff

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Health Informatics ◽

Third World ◽

State Of The Art ◽

The State ◽

Collaboration Network ◽

Educational Tools ◽

The Third ◽

The Third World

Abstract:The state of the art is summarized showing many efforts but only few results which can serve as demonstration examples for developing countries. Education in health informatics in developing countries is still mainly dealing with the type of health informatics known from the industrialized world. Educational tools or curricula geared to the matter of development are rarely to be found. Some WHO activities suggest that it is time for a collaboration network to derive tools and curricula within the next decade.

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