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2001. Much ado about data.. https://doi.org/10.1038/89829
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze the scientific and engineering components of Medical Informatics. A clear characterization of these components should be undertaken to categorize different areas of Medical Informatics and create a research agenda for the future. METHODS: We have adapted a classical ACM and IEEE report on computing to analyze Medical Informatics from three different viewpoints: Theory, Abstraction, and Design. RESULTS: We suggest that Medical Informatics can be considered from these three perspectives: (1) Theory, from which medical informaticians formally characterize the properties of the objects of study, creating new theories or using and adapting existing theories (e.g., from mathematics), (2) Abstraction, from which medical informaticians deal with all aspects of medical information and create new abstractions, methods, and technology-independent models, which can be experimentally verified, and (3) Design, from which medical informaticians develop systems or act as information brokers or advisors between medical and technology professionals, to improve the quality of computer applications in medicine. CONCLUSION: Based on this framework, we suggest that Medical Informatics has an independent scientific character, different from other applied informatics areas. Finally, we analyze these three perspectives using data mining in medicine.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relevance of catalysts and inhibitors to the achievement of an inclusive identity for health informatics; particularly from an operational perspective in the UK. METHODS: Consideration of the different dimensions of health informatics, as practiced in a working healthcare delivery environment; specifically commenting on the synergy and disjunctions with academic and scientific practitioners in the some domain. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: There appear to be common ground and internationally applicable issues across the domain. Recognizing the differences and similarities will contribute towards harmonisation of the field and its ultimate elevation to a mature discipline and profession.
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