OBJECTIVE The field of Biomedical and Health Informatics (BMHI) continues to define itself, and there are many educational programs offering 'informatics' degrees with varied foci. The goal of this study was to develop a scheme for systematic comparison of programs across the entire BMHI spectrum and to identify commonalities among informatics curricula. DESIGN Guided by several published com...

PURPOSE Little has been published about the application profiles and development patterns of open source software (OSS) in health and medical informatics. This study explores these issues with an analysis of health and medical informatics related OSS projects on SourceForge, a large repository of open source projects. METHODOLOGY A search was conducted on the SourceForge website during the pe...

In search of common denominators The field of medical informatics continues to have an identity crisis. Our most articulate spokespeople seem to be unsure whether our discipline is called “medical informatics,” or “biomedical informatics,” or “health informatics,” or some other term. When asked what is the subject matter of our field, we typically respond first by saying, “it’s interdisciplinar...

BACKGROUND Contributing to health informatics research means using conceptual models that are integrative and explain the research in terms of the two broad domains of health science and information science. However, it can be hard for novice health informatics researchers to find exemplars and guidelines in working with integrative conceptual models. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to su...

E-health use is increasing worldwide, but no current e-health paradigm fulfills the complete range of user needs for online health services. This dilemma clouds a number of issues surrounding e-health, as promoters of e-commerce, personal health records, and consumer health informatics paradigms attempt to create encompassing e-health within the constraints of each unique perspective. In the lo...

Vol. 6, No. 1, January/February 2008 70 ABSTRACT Introduction: Emergency informatics such as data management and geographic information systems applications have become an important training agenda for enhancing health surveillance and risk communication in public health emergencies. The free EpiInfo/Epimap software developed by the CDC offering domain knowledge such as health information manag...

Good informatics improves public health. It enables public health agencies to be more responsive and productive. Improved accessibility to data can create more opportunities to improve health through partnerships, greater accountability, and improved efficiency. Informatics methods and approaches can address lack of timely data and enable quicker investigation of arising topics, from opioid abu...

Participatory approaches to health care are getting increasingly popular in Western countries. But are the perspectives on informatics changing as well? Because not every patient (always) can or wants to actively participate in his health care process, differentiation in medical encounters is needed. We use the term ‘‘relational responsibility’’ to refer to a process in which doctor and patient...

This paper details the development of a Masters in Health Informatics (MHI) program. It traces the design from conception through environmental scanning and curriculum development and into survey validation. One of the underlying characteristics identified in the analysis of other programs was that there seemed to be two subgroups or themes in health informatics programs: clinical and health ad...

1. Dept. of Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2. Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3. Dept. of Health Information Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medic...