Search Tag: health informatics
2024 21 Oct
Healthcare has experienced profound changes in the past few decades, driven by the integration of health information technology (HIT). At the centre of this evolution are physician leaders who oversee healthcare informatics systems and their development, including Chief Medical Information Officers (CMIOs). These leaders have become key players...Read more
2024 21 Oct
Healthcare has experienced profound changes in the past few decades, driven by the integration of health information technology (HIT). At the centre of this evolution are physician leaders who oversee healthcare informatics systems and their development, including Chief Medical Information Officers (CMIOs). These leaders have become key players...Read more
2024 15 Oct
Health informatics is a rapidly evolving field at the intersection of healthcare, data management, and information technology (IT). It leverages health data and IT systems, enhances patient care and outcomes, guides clinical decisions and optimises healthcare delivery. With the integration of electronic health records (EHRs) and emerging technologies,...Read more
2024 01 Aug
The healthcare industry is undergoing a significant transformation with the increased integration of Health Information Technology (HIT). This shift necessitates the development of Health Informatics (HI) competencies among healthcare professionals to enhance patient care, streamline operations, and ensure data security. Health Informatics encompasses...Read more
2024 01 Aug
The healthcare industry is undergoing a significant transformation with the increased integration of Health Information Technology (HIT). This shift necessitates the development of Health Informatics (HI) competencies among healthcare professionals to enhance patient care, streamline operations, and ensure data security. Health Informatics encompasses...Read more
2024 26 Apr
Emory Healthcare has appointed Ameenay Khan as the new Manager of Health Informatics. In this key role, Khan will lead the integration and optimisation of the organisation's electronic medical records (EMR) system, specifically Epic, by overseeing a team of Physician Informatics Specialists and Epic EMR Physician Builders. Khan brings a...Read more
2021 08 Nov
The University of Johannesburg recently publicised a study published in Informatics in Medicine Unlocked examining how to improve machine learning (ML) algorithms for healthcare use. Algorithms can better identify healthy individuals since they are often trained on ‘unbalanced’ datasets containing more healthy than sick individuals. Since fewer data...Read more
2021 12 Apr
Find MIIT Canada On Social Media This year, MIIT 2021 will take place as a series of virtual meetings. Read more
2020 10 Aug
The U.S. Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) conducted an expert survey in March 2020 on the adoption of precision medicine programmes in health systems and application of genomic data management strategies. You might also like: Health Informatics – ‘Lost Tribe’ No More The survey (Center for Connected Medicine 2020)...Read more
2020 23 Jun
An unexpected but positive development the COVID-19 crisis has brought into healthcare, is the rise of technology and inevitably, the recognition of the previously obscure field of health informatics. An expert at the NHS Wales Informatics Service talked to HealthManagement.org about the long journey of the profession from ‘the lost tribe’ to the...Read more
2016 26 Apr
Welcome to the International Conference on Communication, Management and Information Technology (ICCMIT 2016). The conference ICCMIT'16 organized by the Universal Society of Applied Research (USAR). The International Conference on Communication, Management and Information Technology (ICCMIT 2016) aims to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers,...Read more
2016 11 Feb
The challenges of health information management are capturing and storing medical and health data and to deploy appropriate systems supporting physicians and health personnel to analyze and manage that data for use in different decision-making tasks. Methods of electronic data capture has to serve to the objectives of further data use. It means that...Read more