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Yearb Med Inform 2006; 15(01): 166-173
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638490
Research & Education
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Biomedical Informatics Research and Education at the EuroMISE Center

J. Zvarova
1   European Centre for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Computer Science AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic
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The work was partly supported by the Research Institutional Plan AV0Z10300504 of the Institute of Computer Science, the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and by the project CZ04307/42011/0013.
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Correspondence to

Prof. RNDr. Jana Zvarova, DrSc
EuroMISE Centre
Institute of Computer Science AS CR
Pod Vodarenskou vezi 2
182 07 Prague 8
Czech Republic

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Summary

Objectives

In the paper we described the partial achievements reached by the EuroMISE Center in research and higher education, supporting better healthcare in future information society.

Methods

Through the research cooperation, the EuroMISE Centre suggests publicly available tools and methods that allow the application of new technologies for various healthcare organizations and citizens, with a special focus on the national environment of the Czech Republic. It provides a platform for a greater level of research cooperation with the usage of the most up-to-date information and communication technologies and a wide spectrum of clinical and genetic data and knowledge.

Results

Results of research and higher education of the EuroMISE Centre in the field of Biomedical Informatics are described in outputs of national and European projects. Further results have been published and/or presented at national and international meetings and incorporated in education and healthcare practice.

Conclusions

The long-term effect of postgraduate doctoral education in the field of biomedical informatics consists in the rapid increase of scientists that are needed in the Czech Republic to reach the goals of information society in health care. The multidisciplinary research at the EuroMISE Center moves towards direct usage in the informational support of diagnostics and therapy, mining of the medical databases, and in the customization of healthcare based on the clinical and genetic profile of a patient.

Haux R, Kulikowski C, editors. IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2006. Methods Inf Med 2006; 45 Suppl 1: S166-73.


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Keywords

Biomedical Informatics - Research - Education - Healthcare - Information Society

 


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Correspondence to

Prof. RNDr. Jana Zvarova, DrSc
EuroMISE Centre
Institute of Computer Science AS CR
Pod Vodarenskou vezi 2
182 07 Prague 8
Czech Republic

  • References

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    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
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