Competencies for a Well-trained Biomedical and Health Informatics Workforce

P. Otero; F. González Bernaldo de Quirós; W. Hersh

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1625338

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 2010; 49(03): 297-298
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625338

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Competencies for a Well-trained Biomedical and Health Informatics Workforce

P. Otero

¹Department of Medical Informatics, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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F. González Bernaldo de Quirós

¹Department of Medical Informatics, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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W. Hersh

²Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

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