Medical Informatics, Art or Science?

Bemmel, Jan van

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1634664

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“…[38] - [40] and the already mentioned references [29], [32], [37] for debates from the past as well as [41] - [45] and [46] - [48] for more recent discussions).…”

Section: On Relationships With Other Disciplines and A Unique Featurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…I learned this when he did not want to emphasize his own role when, after writing his outstanding paper on 'medical informatics -art or science' [29], I had been asked to comment on it. As editor of the journal Methods at the time, he modified my text accordingly -without asking me as author, whether I agreed.…”

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“…[29] It is an important step towards systematisation and towards pointing out the necessity of medical informatics research for medicine and health care. And, by the way, it also points on its impact for informatics.…”

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On Determining Factors for Good Research in Biomedical and Health Informatics

Haux

2014

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Summary Objective: What are the determining factors for good research in medical informatics or, from a broader perspective, in biomedical and health informatics? Method: From the many lessons learned during my professional career, I tried to identify a fair sampling of such factors. On the occasion of giving the IMIA Award of Excellence lecture during MedInfo 2013, they were presented for discussion. Results: Sixteen determining factors (df) have been identified: early identification and promotion (df1), appropriate education (df2), stimulating persons and environments (df3), sufficient time and backtracking opportunities (df4), breadth of medical informatics competencies (df5), considering the necessary preconditions for good medical informatics research (df6), easy access to high-quality knowledge (df7), sufficient scientific career opportunities (df8), appropriate conditions for sustainable research (df9), ability to communicate and to solve problems (df10), as well as to convey research results (df11) in a highly inter- and multidisciplinary environment, ability to think for all and, when needed, taking the lead (df12), always staying unbiased (df13), always keeping doubt (df14), but also always trying to provide solutions (df15), and, finally, being aware that life is more (df16). Conclusions: Medical Informatics is an inter- and multidisciplinary discipline “avant la lettre”. Compared to monodisciplinary research, inter- and multidisciplinary research does not only provide significant opportunities for solving major problems in science and in society. It also faces considerable additional challenges for medical informatics as a scientific field. The determining factors, presented here, are in my opinion crucial for conducting successful research and for developing a research career. Since medical informatics as a field has today become an important driving force for research progress, especially in biomedicine and health care, but also in fields like computer science, it may be helpful to consider such factors in relation with research and education in our discipline.

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“…[38] - [40] and the already mentioned references [29], [32], [37] for debates from the past as well as [41] - [45] and [46] - [48] for more recent discussions).…”

Section: On Relationships With Other Disciplines and A Unique Featurementioning

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Section: On Jan Van Bemmelmentioning

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On Determining Factors for Good Research in Biomedical and Health Informatics

Haux

2014

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“…[1,23], and, more recently, [24] with [25] and [26,27] with [28] and [29,30] with [31] and [32], as well as [33] with [34] and [35]). We are now putting them up for discussion and invite readers to send us their comments and their thoughts, preferably as letters to the editor.…”

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“…Medical informatics, or biomedical and health informatics (BMHI), has become an established scientific discipline (e.g [1,2,3,4,5,6]). Through its international and national associations (as, e.g., documented in [7,8]), and through its scientific conferences, jour nals and periodicals (e.g.…”

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Methods Inf Med

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SummaryBackground: Medical informatics, or biomedical and health informatics (BMHI), has become an established scientific discipline. In all such disciplines there is a certain inertia to persist in focusing on well-established research areas and to hold on to well-known research methodologies rather than adopting new ones, which may be more appropriate. Objectives:To search for answers to the following questions: What are research fields in informatics, which are not being currently adequately addressed, and which methodological approaches might be insufficiently used? Do we know about reasons? What could be consequences of change for research and for education? Methods: Outstanding informatics scientists were invited to three panel sessions on this topic in leading international conferences (MIE 2015, Medinfo 2015, HEC 2016 in order to get their answers to these questions. Results:A variety of themes emerged in the set of answers provided by the panellists. Some panellists took the theoretical foundations of the field for granted, while several questioned whether the field was actually grounded in a strong theoretical foundation. Panellists proposed a range of suggestions for new or improved approaches, methodologies, and techniques to enhance the BMHI research agenda. Conclusions:The field of BMHI is on the one hand maturing as an academic community and intellectual endeavour. On the other hand vendor-supplied solutions may be too readily and uncritically accepted in health care practice. There is a high chance that BMHI will continue to flourish as an important discipline; its innovative interventions might then reach the original objectives of advancing science and improving health care outcomes.

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Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics: European Efforts to Facilitate Synergy

Maojo¹,

Iakovidis

Martín-Sánchez

et al. 2001

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

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Over the past decade there have been several attempts to rethink the basic strategies and scope of medical informatics. Meanwhile, bioinformatics has only recently experienced a similar debate about its scientific character. Both disciplines envision the development of novel diagnostic, therapeutic, and management tools, and products for patient care. A combination of the expertise of medical informatics in developing clinical applications and the focused principles that have guided bioinformatics could create a synergy between the two areas of application. Such interaction could have a great influence on future health research and the ultimate goal, namely continuity and individualization of health care. This article summarizes current activities related to facilitating synergy between medical informatics and bioinformatics, emphasizing activities in Europe while relating them to efforts in other parts of the world. The report provides examples of the analysis that European investigators are carrying out, aiming to propose new ideas for collaborations between medical informatics and bioinformatics researchers in a variety of areas.

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Medical Informatics, Art or Science?

Cited by 42 publications

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