Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a major tool in delivery of health services and has had an innovative impact on quality of life. ICT is affecting the way healthcare is delivered to clients. In this paper, we discuss the state of ICT and health informatics in Ghana. We also discuss the state of various relevant infrastructures for the successful implementation of ehealt...

The project reported in this paper models a new approach to making health informatics and e-health education widely available to students in a range of Australian clinical health profession degrees. The development of a Masters level subject uses design-based research to apply educational quality assurance practices which are consistent with university qualification frameworks, and with clinica...

Shirin Nosratnejad, Elham Shami. Department of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Services Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. (*Corresponding author); MSc of Health Services Management, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence for Health Management, Tabr...

Objective: The International Medical Infor matics 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 co...

Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda, Narges Salehi, Vahide zare Gavgani. Assistance Professor of Health Information Management, Department of Medical Library and Information Science. School of Health Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of medical science, Tabriz, Iran; Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management (IceHM).School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University ...

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. RESUL...

OBJECTIVES To present the importance of Evidence-based Health Informatics (EBHI) and the ethical imperative of this approach; to highlight the work of the IMIA Working Group on Technology Assessment and Quality Improvement and the EFMI Working Group on Assessment of Health Information Systems; and to introduce the further important evaluation and evidence aspects being addressed. METHODS Revi...

A Code of Ethics for Health Informatics Professionals (HIPs) should therefore be clear, unambiguous, and easily applied in practice. Moreover, since the field of informatics is in a state of constant flux, it should be flexible so as to accommodate ongoing changes without sacrificing the applicability of its basic principles. It is therefore inappropriate for a Code of Ethics for HIPs to deal w...

In 2012, Health/Medical informatics profession celebrates five jubilees in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a) Thirty five years from the introduction of the first automatic manipulation of data; b) Twenty five years from establishing Society for Medical Informatics BiH; c) Twenty years from establishing scientific and professional journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia and Herzegovina...