I started this blog prompted by an assignment from a potential employer to display my written work in a digital form. Though I have contributed to practice blogs in the past, my prior post are no longer current, so I thought I should start my own blog as a place to store information and display my work.
Overtime, however, the original project became much, much more. I find I enjoy displaying the fruits of my informatic, digital health and medicine research and writing, and the occasional inspirational quotes- from a tea lover blog I follow, Ted Talks and great written and visual data online, and I hope you enjoy reading and contributing to my blog as well. Yes, I know, a strange way to pass one's time, but for geeks like me - the cheeky kind -this is how we define fun. So if the information or links on the website are useful to you as you go about your day and they some how enrich your life experience, then I have meet my goals and our joint edification has made my day. Please feel free to contribute and leave comments on how I can improve the site to develop a true global community of informatic followers better educated about our changing digital health world.
Women in Informatics- Support Group
ReplyDeletehttp://winfo.ischool.uw.edu/
Women in Informatics Mission:
Delete"The purpose of the UW Women in Informatics group is to empower women to thrive as producers of technology by establishing and maintaining a network of women who offer encouragement, support, and the ongoing knowledge needed or desired to succeed. We strive to provide students with resources and support towards career development and academic pursuits."
"The Intersection of Healthcare and Computer Science #Infographic"
Deletehttp://www.visualistan.com/2014/12/the-intersection-of-healthcare-and-computer-science.html
INFORMATICS ORGANIZATIONS & CAREER INFORMATION
DeleteAMIA-Informatics Professionals Leading the Way. https://www.amia.org/
ReplyDelete"The Science of Informatics drives innovation that is defining future approaches to information and knowledge management in biomedical research, clinical care, and public health. Informatics researchers develop, introduce, and evaluate new biomedically motivated methods in areas as diverse as data mining (deriving new knowledge from large databases), natural language or text processing, cognitive science, human interface design, decision support, databases, and algorithms for analyzing large amounts of data generated in public health, clinical research, or genomics/proteomics. The science of informatics is inherently interdisciplinary, drawing on (and contributing to) a large number of other component fields, including computer science, decision science, information science, management science, cognitive science, and organizational theory.
All work in informatics is motivated by the need to create new solutions--often using information technology-- that enhance biomedical science, the health of the populace, and the quality and safety of care that is provided to individuals when they are ill. The underlying science that has broad applicability across all the applied domains is generally called biomedical informatics. The methods and techniques developed by biomedical informatics scientists are often relevant across five major areas of application that AMIA members emphasize:
Translational Bioinformatics
Clinical Research Informatics
Clinical Informatics
Consumer Health Informatics
Public Health Informatics
The informatics community typically uses the term health informatics to refer to applied research and practice of informatics across the clinical and public health domains. Medical informatics is an earlier term, no longer routinely used, outdated by the growth of bioinformatics.
Biomedical informatics scientists informaticians—often work in academic environments where, like other biomedical researchers, they pursue scientific projects while also teaching and, in some cases, practicing in one of the health professions. Such faculty members often serve as mentors in graduate training programs that lead to masters or doctoral degrees, or that offer postdoctoral positions; students generally carry out research projects as part of their training. Although many graduates of such programs remain in academia or other research settings, the majority choose to pursue more applied careers in industry, hospitals, clinical practice, government, or other settings.
Scope and Breadth of Biomedical Informatics: investigates and supports reasoning, modeling, simulation, experimentation and translation across the spectrum from molecules to individuals to populations, from biological to social systems, bridging basic and clinical research and practice, and the healthcare enterprise.
Theory and Methodology: develops, studies, and applies theories, methods, and processes for the generation, storage, retrieval, use, management, and sharing of biomedical data, information, and knowledge.
Technological Approach: builds on and contributes to computer, telecommunication, and information sciences and technologies, emphasizing their application in biomedicine.
Human and Social Context: recognizes that people are the ultimate users of biomedical information, and so draws upon the social and behavioral sciences to inform the design and evaluation of technical solutions, policies, and the evolution of economic, ethical, social, educational, and organizational systems.."
https://www.amia.org/
AMIA Address
4720 Montgomery Lane, Suite 500
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Office: 301-657-1291 Fax: 301-657-1296
Twitter @AMIAinformatics
Facebook AMIA informatics
LinkedIn Official Group of AMIA
YouTube AMIA informatics
Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/
ReplyDelete"[I]nformatics-noun plural but singular in construction in·for·mat·ics \ˌin-fər-ˈma-tiks\
. . . the collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of recorded knowledge . . ."
"[B]ioinformatics: the collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers . . ." https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bioinformatics#medicalDictionary
Deletehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2814957//
"PMC . . .US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health
PubMed Central (PMC) was established in 2000 as the National Library of Medicine’s full-text, journal article repository. Since 2005, PMC has also been the designated repository for papers submitted in accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy. Today, PMC serves as the full-text repository for papers across a variety of scientific disciplines that fall under a number of funding agency public access policies. . . "
"What is biomedical informatics? "
Elmer V. Bernstam, MD, MSE,1,2 Jack W. Smith, MD, PhD,1 and Todd R. Johnson, PhD1
Author information ► Copyright and License information ►
"Biomedical informatics has been an “emerging field” for decades. Concern about medical information and the desire to computerize health care are hardly new. Though originally focused on traditional paper-based medical records and their management rather than electronic medical records, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) was founded in 1928 as the American Association of Medical Record Librarians[1]. Papers about medical reasoning were published in the 1950’s [2]. Kaiser Permanente established a department of medical methods research in September of 1961; one of its goals was to “begin to use computers in the practice of medicine” [3]. In 1962, they obtained their first federal grants to automate and improve screening methods [4]. Recent developments have thrust informatics into the national spotlight as part of a massive economic stimulus package known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Yet there is still no universally accepted definition of medical, health, bio- or biomedical informatics. Often, any activity that relates to computing is labeled “informatics” [5, 6]. There is even some debate regarding the desirability of a definition since any meaningful definition has the potential to exclude good work [5] or restrict the use of informatics as a marketing term. We emphasize that a definition is not a value judgment. By defining informatics we are not claiming that informatics is better or worse than other. In order for there to be a field of informatics, there must be definable activities that are not informatics. . . [see abstract]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC344585/
Delete"The Evolution of Definitions for Nursing Informatics
A Critical Analysis and Revised Definition
Nancy Staggers, PhD, RN, FAAN and Cheryl Bagley Thompson, PhD, RN
Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►
Abstract
Despite the fact that nursing informatics is entering its third decade as a specialty within nursing, many definitions still exist to describe the field. This paper offers a rationale for a definition for nursing informatics and a critical analysis of past definitions. An organizing framework of technology-oriented, conceptual, and role-oriented definitions is used to critique these definitions. Subsequently, a revised definition is proposed. This evolutionary definition integrates critical concepts from past work and adds components that are currently missing—patients, information communication, information structures, and decision making. A separate role specification for informatics nurse specialists is provided.
Despite the fact that nursing informatics is entering its third decade as a specialty, many definitions still exist to describe the field.1,2 In fact, authors have directed substantial efforts toward creating definitions for the specialty over the years.3–6 As a consequence, informatics practice and education have often proceeded without consensus about this fundamental element.
This paper offers a critical analysis of the evolution of major nursing informatics definitions. It also presents a revised definition of nursing informatics and a role specification for the informatics nurse specialist. Portions of an early draft of this paper were incorporated into the work by an American Nurses Association expert panel, which assumed the task of revising the scope of and standards of practice for nursing informatics in the United States. . ."
American Nursing Informatics Association https://www.ania.org/
ReplyDelete"(ANIA) is the association of professional nurses and associates who:
Are committed to their specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing and informatics practice
Identify informatics practice as a specialty that is essential to the delivery of high quality, and cost-effective health care
Are committed to their professional development and seek to actively engage in a community of like-minded professionals
Use informatics to improve the health of populations, communities, families and individuals by optimizing information management and communication (ANA, 2008*)
ANIA Mission: To advance nursing informatics through education, research, and practice in all roles and settings."
American Nursing Informatics Association
200 East Holly Avenuem, Sewell NJ 08080
866-552-6404, ania@ajj.com
Like us on Facebook
Join us on LinkedIn
Follow us on Twitter
Indiana University South Bend http://www.informatics.iusb.edu/?faq&2
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Informatics Program at IU South Bend
NEW: Informatics Scholarship (receive a total of up to $30,000 over four years) - Deadline Jan 16, 2017 . . .
Have more questions? Contact Prof. Hakimzadeh at hhakimza@iusb.edu or Prof. Adaikkalavan at raman@cs.iusb.edu"
This comment has been removed by the author.
DeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
DeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
Deletehttp://www.thebestschools.org/rankings/best-online-masters-healthcare-informatics-degree-programs/
DeleteTHE BEST SCHOOLS
The 25 Best Online Master’s in Healthcare Informatics Degree Programs
With a Master’s in Healthcare Informatics degree, you become a high-end knowledge worker in the clinical and medical fields, using information technology to help people with their health. We live in an information age, with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals depending increasingly on healthcare informaticians to store, retrieve, and process medical data. . .
Demand for health informatics (HI) professionals is high. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the number of health informatics jobs will increase by more than 20 percent from 2013 to 2020. Part of the reason for this increased demand is that the United States government has set 2015 as the deadline by which healthcare facilities must be paperless, in effect handing all medical data over to health informatics professionals.
A 2012 study by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) found individuals with a master’s degree in healthcare informatics make, on average, $20,000 a year more than those with only a bachelor’s degree.
Healthcare informaticians combine skills in healthcare, business intelligence (BI), information technology (IT)/ information systems (IS), and data analytics. Although some background in these areas is desirable, it is usually not a requirement for admission to a Healthcare Informatics Master’s degree program.
Ranking Online Healthcare Informatics Master’s Programs:Best-schools-seal
We selected the top Master in Health Informatics online degree programs based on program quality, courses offered, awards, rankings, faculty, academic standing, and reputation, including the school’s reputation for effectively providing online degree study.
The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) provides curriculum guidance for healthcare informatics programs such as those on this list. As far as we have been able to determine through our research, all the degrees in this list are available 100-percent online. . . "
"1. Northwestern University
2. University of Illinois at Chicago
3. The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) at Houston, School of Biomedical Informatics
4. Brandeis University, Graduate Professional Studies
5. Boston University
6. University of San Francisco
7. University of Cincinnati
8. University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine
9. Rutgers University, School of Health Related Professions
10. University of Tennessee, Health Science Center
11. Louisiana Tech University, College of Applied & Natural Sciences, Department of Health Informatics & Information Management (LA Tech)
12. University of Mississippi Medical Center
13. Northeastern University
14. Dakota State University
15. The College of St. Scholastica
16. Drexel University
17. Regis University, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions
18. Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
19. The University of Findlay
20. Sacred Heart University, College of Health Professions
21. Adelphi University
22. University of Maryland University College
23. Grand Canyon University
24. Walden University
25. Kaplan University"
http://www.healthcare-management-degree.net/best/top-health-informatics-degrees/
DeleteHealthcare Management Degree Guide
"Top 20 Health Informatics Degrees in 2015
Badge-HC-Mgt-Degree-Guide-Top-Degree-Programs
By Kristen Fescoe
Published June, 2015
As the growing healthcare industry is faced with the challenge of addressing the rapid advancement of technology, the question of who will be responsible for managing this merger in the next several years is being answered by the proliferation of health informatics degrees. This career is associated with the healthcare management field, as these highly skilled professionals are experts at managing sensitive digital healthcare information. Many are considered to be healthcare managers at their place of employment. Health informatics specialists are responsible for managing the data and systems that underlie the healthcare industry. This can range from sensitive patient information to insurance data to budgetary numbers for the hospital or organization. In order to pursue a career in this field you must have extensive training and experience in the technological advances that make up these systems. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Handbook, the field of health informatics is anticipated to grow 22 percent between now and 2022. While the salary data provided by the BLS is for Medical Records and Health Information Technicians (at $34,160 annually), the actual earning potential is much closer to that of a Healthcare Manager, which is $88,580 annually. As the healthcare industry continues to grow faster than any other industry, so too will the technology. In order to address both of these needs, more and more Health Information Specialists will be needed. . ." [see list]