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What is “Biomedical Informatics”?
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Biomedical Informatics
Biomedical informatics (BMI) is the interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues the effective uses of biomedical data, information, and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving, and decision making, motivated by efforts to improve human health.
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Biomedical Informatics:Corollaries to the Definition
1. BMI develops, studies and applies theories, methods and processes for the generation, storage, retrieval, use, and sharing of biomedical data, information, and knowledge.
2. BMI builds on computing, communication and information sciences and technologies and their application in biomedicine.
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Biomedical Informatics:Corollaries to the Definition
3. BMI investigates and supports reasoning, modeling, simulation, experimentation and translation across the spectrum from molecules to populations, dealing with a variety of biological systems, bridging basic and clinical research and practice, and the healthcare enterprise.
4. BMI, recognizing that people are the ultimate users of biomedical information, draws upon the social and behavioral sciences to inform the design and evaluation of technical solutions and the evolution of complex economic, ethical, social, educational, and organizational systems.
Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Basic Research
Applied ResearchAnd Practice
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
BioinformaticsClinical
InformaticsImaging
InformaticsPublic Health Informatics
Biomedical Informatics ≠ Bioinformatics
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Interdisciplinary Nature ofBiomedical Informatics
BiomedicalInformatics
Cognitive Science& Decision Making
ManagementSciences
ClinicalSciences
Basic BiomedicalSciences
EpidemiologyAnd Statistics
Bioengineering
Computer Science
(hardware)
Computer Science
(software)
Biomedical Informatics Textbook
(4th edition)
Springer Verlag - 2013
Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Basic Research
Applied ResearchAnd Practice
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Imaging Informatics
Clinical Informatics
BioinformaticsPublic Health Informatics
Molecular andCellular
Processes
Tissues andOrgans
Individuals(Patients)
PopulationsAnd Society
Biomedical Informatics ≠ Health Informatics
Health Informatics
Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Basic Research
Applied ResearchAnd Practice
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Imaging Informatics
Clinical Informatics
BioinformaticsPublic Health Informatics
Molecular andCellular
Processes
Tissues andOrgans
Individuals(Patients)
PopulationsAnd SocietyContinuum with “Fuzzy” Boundaries
BiomolecularImaging
Consumer Health
Pharmaco-genomics
Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Basic Research
Applied ResearchAnd Practice
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Imaging Informatics
Clinical Informatics
BioinformaticsPublic Health Informatics
Molecular andCellular
Processes
Tissues andOrgans
Individuals(Patients)
PopulationsAnd SocietyContinuum with “Fuzzy” Boundaries
Clinical Translational
Science
Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Applied Informatics
Clinical or Biomedical Domain of
Interest
Contributes to….
Draws upon….
ComputerScience
Draw upon….
Contribute to...
DecisionScienceCognitiveScience
InformationSciences
ManagementSciences
OtherComponent
Sciences
Education of BiomedicalInformatics Researchers
Basic Research
Applied Research
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
BioinformaticsImaging
InformaticsClinical
InformaticsPublic Health Informatics
Education and
Experience at Both Levels
ContributionsExpected
An Envisioned Cycle That Ties Patient Care with Knowledge Creation and
Dissemination
Providers Caring for Patients
Electronic Health
RecordsRegional
and National Public
Health and Disease
Registries
Biomedical and
Clinical Research
Information, Decision-Support, and Order-Entry
Systems
Creation of Protocols, Guidelines,
and Educational
Materials
Standards for
Prevention and
Treatment
A “Learning Healthcare System”
BMI and HIT
Biomedical InformaticsTraining, Research and
Development
• Academia• Research Institutes• Corporate Research Labs
Clinical Systems Companies
Academic Medical Centers
Hospitals, HealthSystems, Practices,Healthcare Industry
Biomedical ResearchCommunity
PEOPLEIDEASSOFTWAREMETHODS
BMI and HIT
Biomedical InformaticsTraining, Research and
Development
• Academia• Research Institutes• Corporate Research Labs
Clinical Systems Companies
Academic Medical Centers
Hospitals, HealthSystems, Practices,Healthcare IndustrySynergies
BMI and HIT
AMIA:The Professional Home for
Biomedical and Health Informatics