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What is “Biomedical Informatics”?

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Page 1: What is “Biomedical Informatics”?

What is “Biomedical Informatics”?

Page 2: What is “Biomedical Informatics”?

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Biomedical Informatics

Biomedical informatics (BMI) is the interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues the effective uses of biomedical data, information, and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving, and decision making, motivated by efforts to improve human health.

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Biomedical Informatics:Corollaries to the Definition

1. BMI develops, studies and applies theories, methods and processes for the generation, storage, retrieval, use, and sharing of biomedical data, information, and knowledge.

2. BMI builds on computing, communication and information sciences and technologies and their application in biomedicine.

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Biomedical Informatics:Corollaries to the Definition

3. BMI investigates and supports reasoning, modeling, simulation, experimentation and translation across the spectrum from molecules to populations, dealing with a variety of biological systems, bridging basic and clinical research and practice, and the healthcare enterprise.

4. BMI, recognizing that people are the ultimate users of biomedical information, draws upon the social and behavioral sciences to inform the design and evaluation of technical solutions and the evolution of complex economic, ethical, social, educational, and organizational systems.

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Biomedical Informatics in Perspective

Basic Research

Applied ResearchAnd Practice

Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories

BioinformaticsClinical

InformaticsImaging

InformaticsPublic Health Informatics

Biomedical Informatics ≠ Bioinformatics

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Interdisciplinary Nature ofBiomedical Informatics

BiomedicalInformatics

Cognitive Science& Decision Making

ManagementSciences

ClinicalSciences

Basic BiomedicalSciences

EpidemiologyAnd Statistics

Bioengineering

Computer Science

(hardware)

Computer Science

(software)

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Biomedical Informatics Textbook

(4th edition)

Springer Verlag - 2013

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Biomedical Informatics in Perspective

Basic Research

Applied ResearchAnd Practice

Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories

Imaging Informatics

Clinical Informatics

BioinformaticsPublic Health Informatics

Molecular andCellular

Processes

Tissues andOrgans

Individuals(Patients)

PopulationsAnd Society

Biomedical Informatics ≠ Health Informatics

Health Informatics

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Biomedical Informatics in Perspective

Basic Research

Applied ResearchAnd Practice

Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories

Imaging Informatics

Clinical Informatics

BioinformaticsPublic Health Informatics

Molecular andCellular

Processes

Tissues andOrgans

Individuals(Patients)

PopulationsAnd SocietyContinuum with “Fuzzy” Boundaries

BiomolecularImaging

Consumer Health

Pharmaco-genomics

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Biomedical Informatics in Perspective

Basic Research

Applied ResearchAnd Practice

Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories

Imaging Informatics

Clinical Informatics

BioinformaticsPublic Health Informatics

Molecular andCellular

Processes

Tissues andOrgans

Individuals(Patients)

PopulationsAnd SocietyContinuum with “Fuzzy” Boundaries

Clinical Translational

Science

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Biomedical Informatics in Perspective

Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories

Applied Informatics

Clinical or Biomedical Domain of

Interest

Contributes to….

Draws upon….

ComputerScience

Draw upon….

Contribute to...

DecisionScienceCognitiveScience

InformationSciences

ManagementSciences

OtherComponent

Sciences

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Education of BiomedicalInformatics Researchers

Basic Research

Applied Research

Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories

BioinformaticsImaging

InformaticsClinical

InformaticsPublic Health Informatics

Education and

Experience at Both Levels

ContributionsExpected

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An Envisioned Cycle That Ties Patient Care with Knowledge Creation and

Dissemination

Providers Caring for Patients

Electronic Health

RecordsRegional

and National Public

Health and Disease

Registries

Biomedical and

Clinical Research

Information, Decision-Support, and Order-Entry

Systems

Creation of Protocols, Guidelines,

and Educational

Materials

Standards for

Prevention and

Treatment

A “Learning Healthcare System”

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BMI and HIT

Biomedical InformaticsTraining, Research and

Development

• Academia• Research Institutes• Corporate Research Labs

Clinical Systems Companies

Academic Medical Centers

Hospitals, HealthSystems, Practices,Healthcare Industry

Biomedical ResearchCommunity

PEOPLEIDEASSOFTWAREMETHODS

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BMI and HIT

Biomedical InformaticsTraining, Research and

Development

• Academia• Research Institutes• Corporate Research Labs

Clinical Systems Companies

Academic Medical Centers

Hospitals, HealthSystems, Practices,Healthcare IndustrySynergies

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BMI and HIT

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AMIA:The Professional Home for

Biomedical and Health Informatics