In the process of developing global health informatics education, a common understanding of educational outcomes is required. Therefore, an educational framework for health informatics professionals is desirable to support student mobility, trans-national and borderless education. Nurses form a significant part of the health workforce and need to be properly educated for their roles in health i...

After 20-years as Informatics in Primary Care the journal is renamed Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics. The title was carefully selected to reflect that: (1) informatics provides the opportunity to innovate rather than simply automates; (2) implementing informatics solutions often results in unintended consequences, and many implementations fail and benefits and innovations may go unr...

In this paper we present an overview of the applications of data mining in administrative, clinical, research, and educational aspects of Health Informatics. The current or potential applications of various data mining techniques in Health Informatics are illustrated through a series of case studies from published literature. The paper also provides a detailed discussion of how clinical data wa...

We introduce the Applied Health Informatics Bootcamp. This is an intense, interactive on-site program, augmented by approximately 80 hours of on-line material. The Bootcamp is intended to introduce those with little or no knowledge of Health Informatics (HI) to the nature, key concepts, and applications of this discipline to addressing challenges in the health field. The focus of the program is...

OBJECTIVE To report about major past and future activities of IMIA, the International Medical Informatics Association. METHOD Summarizing discussions and planning activities within IMIA, in particular with respect to its Board and General Assembly meetings in 2007; looking at recent informatics evolution by commenting on IMIA Yearbook surveys and best paper selections. RESULTS Major recent ...

BACKGROUND In October 2013, the Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) and Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) convened a multidisciplinary group of experts to evaluate forces shaping public health informatics (PHI) in the United States, with the aim of identifying upcoming challenges and opportunities. The PHI workshop was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of its lar...

Biomedical Informatics training has expanded to include almost all clinical specialties. Whether it is a Masters, PhD, or even the new Sub-Specialty in Clinical Informatics, graduate students and/or returning professionals have various informatics training options. However, Informatics education at the undergraduate level is not as well established. Despite initiatives such as TIGER and the Hea...

IRAN: A STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS Morteza Arab-Zozani, Habib Jalilian, Mina Mahami Oskouei, Mohammad Dehghanian, Zoleikha Asadi Aghbalaghi. School of management and medical informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; School of management and medical informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz Universi...