Translational Research in Medical Informatics or from Theory to Practice

C. U. Lehmann; M. M. Altuwaijri; Y. C. Li; M. J. Ball; R. Haux

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1625124

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 2008; 47(01): 1-3
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625124

Editorial

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Translational Research in Medical Informatics or from Theory to Practice

A Call for an Applied Informatics Journal

C. U. Lehmann

¹Pediatrics and Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

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M. M. Altuwaijri

²College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Y. C. Li

³Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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M. J. Ball

⁴IBM Research Center for Healthcare Management and Johns HopkinSchool of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA

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R. Haux

⁵Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Braunschweig, Germany

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Abstract

Summary

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-reviewed journal, designed to cultivate broad readership across health care, is suggested in order to communicate on informatics topics of translational interest and on the application of informatics principals. Such an applied informatics journal may appeal to practicing physicians, healthcare administrators and CIOs as well as medical informaticians. In a globalizing world with eHealth initiatives spanning across borders, such a journal should be an international effort. Close ties to the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and to the journal Methods of Information in Medicine are suggested.

Keywords

Translational research - health informatics - medical informatics - IMIA

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