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Yearb Med Inform 2007; 16(01): 138-140
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638537
Research & Education
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Medical Informatics in Morocco: Casablanca Medical Informatics Laboratory

M. Bennani Othmani
1   Hassan II University, Medical Faculty of Casablanca: Casablanca Medical Informatics Laboratory
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S. Diouny
2   Chouaib Doukkali University, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, English Studies Program, El Jadida
,
K. Balar
1   Hassan II University, Medical Faculty of Casablanca: Casablanca Medical Informatics Laboratory
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Correspondence to

M. Bennani Othmani
Faculté de Médecine de Casablanca
19 rue Tarik Ibn Ziad
Laboratoire d’Informatique Médicale
Casablanca, Maroc
Phone: +21222299338   
Fax: +21222299338   

Publication History

Publication Date:
05 March 2018 (online)

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Summary

Background

In 2005, Medical Informatics Laboratory (CMIL) became an independent research unit within the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca. CMIL is currently run by three persons (a university professor, a data processing specialist and a pedagogical assistant). The objectives of CMIL are to promote research and develop quality in the field of biomedical data processing and health, and integrate new technologies into medical education and biostatistics. It has four units: Telehealth Unit, Network Unit, Biostatistics Unit, Medical data processing Unit.

Objectives

The present article seeks to give a comprehensive account of Casablanca Medical informatics laboratory (CMIL) activities. For ease of exposition, the article consists of four sections: Section I discusses the background of CMIL; section II is devoted to educational activities; section III addresses professional activities; and section IV lists projects that CMIL is involved in.

Results

Since its creation, CMIL has been involved in a number of national and international projects, which have a bearing on Telemedicine applications, E-learning skills and data management in medical studies in Morocco.

Conclusions

It is our belief that the skills and knowledge gained in the past few years would certainly enrich our research activities, and improve the situation of research in Medical informatics in Morocco.


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Keywords

Medical informatics - Morocco - telemedicine - distance education - hospital information systems

 


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Correspondence to

M. Bennani Othmani
Faculté de Médecine de Casablanca
19 rue Tarik Ibn Ziad
Laboratoire d’Informatique Médicale
Casablanca, Maroc
Phone: +21222299338   
Fax: +21222299338   

  • References

  • 1 Yu H, Hripcsak G. A Large Scale, Cross-Disease Family Health History. In: Proceedings of American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Symposium. 2001: 1162.
    PubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 2 Hersh WR. Medical Informatics: improving health care through information. J Am Med Assoc 2002; 288: 1955-8.
    CrossrefPubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 3 Shortliffe EH, Wiederhold G, Perreault LE, Fagan LM. Medical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine. 2nd ed. New York: Springer Verlag; 2000
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 4 Bennani MOthmani. Expérience de la Faculté de Médecine de Casablanca en Télémédecine Journal du praticien XIV. 02 juin 2006; 53.
    PubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 5 Berg M. Implementing information systems in health care organizations: myths and challenges. Int J Med Inform 2001; 64: 143-56.
    CrossrefPubMedSearch in Google Scholar

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