OBJECTIVE To bridge the divide between health informatics 'bench research' and the application of informatics in clinical and health care settings. METHOD Identifying weak points in translational activities, i.e. in the process from health informatics research outcomes to IT system design and information management in clinical practice. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The creation of a new peer-rev...

H. Handels1; T. M. Deserno2; H.-P. Meinzer3; T. Tolxdorff4 1Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; 2Department of Medical Informatics, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Aachen, Germany; 3Department of Medical and Biological Informatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; 4Institute of Medical Informatics, Charité – University Medic...

Informatics as a field is maturing both in the range of educational programs and the number and type of positions for informatics professionals. Although there has been an expansion of the traditional masters and PhD programs, there are an increasing number of novel programs serving the entire pipeline—high school students, college students, medical students and professionals. For professionals...

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to review the current state of health information technology (HIT) training programs and identify limitations in workforce expectations and student/trainee level of preparedness. A framework is proposed to build a more effective training program, differentiate HIT and health informatics, and emphasize the critical role of interprofessional collaboration f...

At the University of Siegen we design within the research project “Informatics in secondary schools and e-learning to master the digital media upheaval” a contribution of informatics to foster media competences in the context of the Internet. Existing international curricula for informatics as well as information and communication technology (ICT) are analysed confining to the aspect of providi...

The article presents results of the national survey on teaching and studying informatics at Grades 11 and 12 in the Lithuanian secondary school. This study explores the influence of different factors on students’ achievements in informatics. The purpose of this work is to study the interaction between various characteristics of student, teacher and school, and factors of studying and teaching i...

European medical informatics professionals traditionally gather at congresses of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) named "Medical Informatics Europe - MIE". After more than three decades of successive organization of these congresses, some important points of their history of are presented. As the MIE Congress in Sarajevo, organized by the Society for Medical Informatics of...

Informatics is a relatively new discipline, but is nowadays of key importance in all economic processes. Many professionals need development of different informatics backgrounds. The Informatics Curriculum Framework 2000 (ICF-2000) [3] has been designed to cope with a large diversity of demand for informatics education in a controlled way. It offers 8 different curriculum specifications that fi...

BACKGROUND Despite its obvious need, a current, research-based list of informatics competencies for nurses is not available. OBJECTIVE To produce a research-based master list of informatics competencies for nurses and differentiate these competencies by level of nursing practice. METHODS After a comprehensive literature review and item consolidation, an expert panel defined initial competen...

OBJECTIVE Health informatics has growing importance in clinical practice with successive General Medical Council recommendations. However, prior data suggest that undergraduate medical education largely neglects this area. An up-to-date, UK-wide view of health informatics training in medical schools is required. DESIGN An online survey was developed using current guidance and recommendations ...