TY - JOUR
T1 - Commentaries on "Informatics and Medicine
T2 - From Molecules to Populations"
AU - Altman, Russ B.
AU - Balling, Rudi
AU - Brinkley, James F.
AU - Coiera, Enrico
AU - Consorti, Fabrizio
AU - Dhansay, Muhammad Ali
AU - Geissbuhler, Antoine
AU - Hersh, William
AU - Kwankam, S. Yunkap
AU - Lorenzi, Nancy M.
AU - Martin-Sanchez, Fernando J.
AU - Mihalas, George I.
AU - Shahar, Yuval
AU - Takabayashi, Katsuhiko
AU - Wiederhold, Gio
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Objective: To discuss interdisciplinary research and education in the context of informatics and medicine by commenting on the paper of Kuhn of et al. "Informatics and Medicine: From Molecules to Populations". Method: Inviting an international group of experts in biomedical and health informatics and related disciplines to comment on this paper. Results and Conclusions: The commentaries include a wide range of reasoned arguments and original position statements which, while strongly endorsing the educational needs identified by Kuhn et al., also point out fundamental challenges that are very specific to the unusual combination of scientific, technological, personal and social problems characterizing biomedical informatics. They point to the ultimate objectives of managing difficult human health problems, which are unlikely to yield to technological solutions alone. The psychological, societal, and environmental components of health and disease are emphasized by several of the commentators, setting the stage for further debate and constructive suggestions.
AB - Objective: To discuss interdisciplinary research and education in the context of informatics and medicine by commenting on the paper of Kuhn of et al. "Informatics and Medicine: From Molecules to Populations". Method: Inviting an international group of experts in biomedical and health informatics and related disciplines to comment on this paper. Results and Conclusions: The commentaries include a wide range of reasoned arguments and original position statements which, while strongly endorsing the educational needs identified by Kuhn et al., also point out fundamental challenges that are very specific to the unusual combination of scientific, technological, personal and social problems characterizing biomedical informatics. They point to the ultimate objectives of managing difficult human health problems, which are unlikely to yield to technological solutions alone. The psychological, societal, and environmental components of health and disease are emphasized by several of the commentators, setting the stage for further debate and constructive suggestions.
KW - Biomedical informatics
KW - Health informatics
KW - Interdisciplinarity
KW - Medical informatics
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U2 - 10.1055/s-0038-1627413
DO - 10.1055/s-0038-1627413
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 18690363
AN - SCOPUS:50649117520
SN - 0026-1270
VL - 47
SP - 296
EP - 317
JO - Methods of Information in Medicine
JF - Methods of Information in Medicine
IS - 4
ER -