Molecular Informatics - The First Year

Molecular Pathology Informatics.

Molecular informatics (MI) is an evolving discipline that will support the dynamic landscape of molecular pathology and personalized medicine. MI provides a fertile ground for development of clinical solutions to bridge the gap between clinical informatics and bioinformatics. Rapid adoption of next generation sequencing (NGS) in the clinical arena has triggered major endeavors in MI that are ex...

The Molecular Medicine Informatics Model (MMIM)

In 2005 a major collaboration in Melbourne, Australia successfully implemented a major medical informatics infrastructure. The convergence of life sciences, healthcare, and information technology is now driving research into the fundamentals of disease causation and toward tailoring individualized treatment. The Molecular Medicine Informatics Model (MMIM) is a 'virtual' research repository of c...

The First Decade of Informatics in Dutch High Schools

Informatics is currently being taught in high schools all over the world. In the Netherlands, where all students are expected to become computer literate in the lower grades of high school (Hulsen et al., 2005), it has been decided not to consider computer literacy as being part of Informatics. What, then, should be the content of the Informatics curriculum taught in the higher grades? What sho...

First diplomates board certified in the subspecialty of clinical informatics

The newly certified diplomates in the subspecialty of clinical informatics received notice of their board certification in December 2013, a development that will contribute to the major systemic overhaul that is underway in healthcare delivery. As leaders in the field, these subspecialists are expected to apply innovative informatics solutions within health systems and encourage interdisciplina...

The EngD First Year Report