Academic Articles & Research Papers

Medical Informatics and eHealth

Medical Informatics comprises the theoretical and practical aspects of information processing and communication, based on knowledge and experience derived from processes in medicine and healthcare. The processing takes place within computer...

Future History: Medical Informatics in Geriatrics

With deference to Isaac Asimov's The Foundation, which is the inspiration for this series, we briefly describe the "present history" of medical informatics (the application of information technology in medicine) in geriatrics, and then proj...

A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics

This special issue of JAMIA addresses simulation, a methodology that holds great promise for the advancement of information technology in health care. Simulation has been termed a third domain, complementing both natural language and mathem...

The History and New Trends of Medical Informatics

ABSTRACT The breakthrough of the computer and information technologies in all the segments of the society, led to the needs for the computer and information technologies. The knowledge of information technology is now part of general litera...

Is Medical Informatics an Art or a Science?

Summary Objective: To give an introduction to the special topic on ‘Medical Informatics: Art or Sciene?‘ in honor of Prof. Dr. Jan Hendrik van Bemmel. Method: Retrospective, personal review on his work. Results and Conclusions: Jan H. van B...

Contemporary issues in medicine–medical informatics and population health

The Association of American Medical Colleges established the Medical School Objectives Project (MSOP) to set forth program-level learning objectives that medical school deans and faculties can use as guides in reviewing their medical studen...

Formal Education in Medical Informatics

A specialized curriculum for education in medical informatics at university level was initiated jointly by the University of Heidelberg and the Polytechnical School of Heilbronn in 1972. The experience gained during the past decade is revie...

Role of the Internet in Solving the Last Mile Problem in Medicine

Internet-augmented medicine has a strong role to play in ensuring that all populations benefit equally from discoveries in the medical sciences. Yet, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected from 1999 to 2014 sugge...

Multi-label classification of fundus images based on graph convolutional network

Abstract Background Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is the most common and serious microvascular complication in the diabetic population. Using computer-aided diagnosis from the fundus images has become a method of detecting retinal diseases, but...

Health-related quality of life in Chinese population with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a national multicenter survey

Abstract Background Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) is a multi-dimensional construct that can comprehensively evaluate the patient’s health status, including physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. In this study, we aimed t...

Denosumab and Bisphosphonate Treatment of Osteoporosis in Renal Transplant Recipients

Objective: Kidney transplant recipients are at risk of losing bone mineral density. Osteoporosis and fractures cause serious complications in renal transplant recipients. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of bisphosphonate and de...

Requirements for Vitiligo Registry Design in Iran: A Qualitative Content Analysis Study

Background: Vitiligo is a prevalent skin disorder that has significant biological and social consequences for the affected individuals. Therefore, appropriate measures should be taken to diagnose this disease and treat patients, and powerfu...

STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND PROBLEMS OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS IN THE WORLD. PROBLEMS OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS

Baymuratova I.V., Bozorov E., Yotgorova D. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND PROBLEMS OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS IN THE WORLD. PROBLEMS OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS // Universum: медицина и фармакология : электрон. научн. журн. 2022. 6(89). URL: ht...

Medical Informatics: Concepts and Applications

Medical Informatics is a developing body of knowledge concerned with the use of information and communication technology in support of medical research, education and also for promoting health care delivery. The field focuses on the biomedi...

Recommendations of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology for Education and Training in Medical Informatics

In the fields of health care and medicine there is an immense demand for a systematic application of methods of information processing and for the use of computers. Obviously, to that end well-trained scientists and qualified personnel must...

Argumentation approaches for explanaible AI in medical informatics

Artificial Intelligence algorithms are powerful in performing accurate predictions, but they are often considered black boxes as they do not provide any explanation about how outputs are derived from inputs or why a decision is taken. There...

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Artificial Intelligence And Medical Informatics

This review considers the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical informatics. It begins by describing artificial intelligence and then places it in the context of medical computing. Knowledge processing is emphasized. Following a b...

The Renewed Promise of Medical Informatics

The promise of the field of Medical Informatics has been great and its impact has been significant. In 1999, the Yearbook editors of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) - also the authors of the present paper - sought t...

Medical informatics as a market for IS/IT.

Medical informatics is "the application of information science and information technology to the theoretical and practical problems of biomedical research, clinical practice, and medical education." A key difference between the two streams ...