IMIA Presidential Retrospectives on Medical Informatics

M.J. Ball; J.H. van Bemmel; S. Kaihara

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638542

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2007; 16(01): 165-175
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638542

Editorial

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

IMIA Presidential Retrospectives on Medical Informatics

M.J. Ball

¹IBM Research Center for Healthcare Management and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, USA

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J.H. van Bemmel

²Erasmus Medical Center and Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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S. Kaihara

³Postgraduate School, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan

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Abstract

Summary

Objectives

The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007. Three IMIA Presidents from three continents were invited to give their personal retrospectives on the world’s largest organization in medical informatics.

Method

Reports, based on personal reminiscenses.

Results and Conclusions

IMIA was established in the 1970s by individuals already active in medical informatics in their home countries. It has evolved into a strong international organization based on the mutual trust and friendship of members throughout the world. IMIA serves as a ‘bridge’ organization both within an inter organizational context and within the broader context of IMIA’s professional aims. Being a driving motor for successive waves of change in the field, IMIA helps to significantly improve health care by building bridges across regions, disciplines, and professions, to bridge the distances around the globe.

Geissbuhler A, Haux R, Kulikowski C, editors. IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2007.

Keywords

Medical informatics - health informatics - nursing informatics - biomedical informatics - International Medical Informatics Association - IMIA

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