Applied Clinical Informatics Journal: A Brief History

Christoph U. Lehmann; Marion J. Ball; Reinhold Haux; Jenna S. Lehmann

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1749165

Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents

Appl Clin Inform 2022; 13(02): 516-520
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749165

Editorial

Applied Clinical Informatics Journal: A Brief History

Christoph U. Lehmann

¹Clinical Informatics Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States

²Applied Clinical Informatics Editorial Office, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Marion J. Ball

³University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States

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Reinhold Haux

⁴Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Braunschweig, Germany

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Jenna S. Lehmann

¹Clinical Informatics Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States

²Applied Clinical Informatics Editorial Office, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

› Author Affiliations

Abstract

In 2009, Schattauer Verlag in Stuttgart, Germany first published the Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) Journal. ACI has served since its inception as an official journal of the International Medical Informatics Association. Later, the American Medical Informatics Association and the European Federation for Medical Informatics named ACI as an official journal. This manuscript describes the history of the journal from its inception to present day including publication measures, challenges, and successes.

Keywords

Applied Clinical Informatics - publishing - scholarly communication - clinical informatics - workforce - implementation - electronic health record

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