An academic Institutional member of IMIA BCS HEALTH INFORMATICS FORUM Prof Graham Wright Dr Peter Murray Centre for Health Informatics Research and Development (CHIRAD)

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Defining the Basis of Health Informatics as a Discipline And so to the Knowledge Base and other interesting things

An academic Institutional member of IMIA The application of what we know- our knowledge from research from data and from experience will have a bigger impact on health and disease than any drug or technology likely to be introduced in the next decade Muir Gray(often)

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Imagination is more important than knowledge" – Albert Einstein

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Health Informatics "The study of nature and principles of information and its applications within all aspects of health care delivery and promotion". Protti DJ A New Undergraduate Program in Health/Medical Informatics AMIA Proceedings Masson Publishing, 1982

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Domains of health informatics Domains of health informatics delivery of care and promotion of health delivery of care and promotion of health information management and technology information management and technology organizational settings of health care organizational settings of health care

An academic Institutional member of IMIA The increasing number of journals is of concern to patients as well

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Made with OpenOffice.org Education Steps thinktank Link to Slides on Otley

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Knowledge helps decisions

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Workshops at EMFI – MIE AMIA – Fall conference Link to Workshops and outputs Link to Workshops and outputs

An academic Institutional member of IMIA What next? To build a Mapping of the discipline of Health Informatics covering Blooms three domains. To build a Mapping of the discipline of Health Informatics covering Blooms three domains. The triangulation, for expert opinion, document analysis and literature review, being provided in the three phases: The triangulation, for expert opinion, document analysis and literature review, being provided in the three phases:

An academic Institutional member of IMIA A literature analysis examining the emerging themes and high level descriptors using discourse analysis software and other methods A literature analysis examining the emerging themes and high level descriptors using discourse analysis software and other methods A consensus workshop to explore the commonalities and differences between the Otley outputs with the document analysis A consensus workshop to explore the commonalities and differences between the Otley outputs with the document analysis Review of existing models and frameworks, particularly those being using Nationally and Internationally, prior to an IMIA International Consensus Conference to be organised by IMIA Review of existing models and frameworks, particularly those being using Nationally and Internationally, prior to an IMIA International Consensus Conference to be organised by IMIA

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Google Scholar - 5 july 2006 Health Informatics 80,600 Health Informatics 80,600 Clinical Informatics 42,500 Clinical Informatics 42,500 Medical Informatics 92,800 Medical Informatics 92,800

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Reference Manager search on Pubmed Medical Informatics Medical Informatics 6,249 papers6,249 papers Health Informatics Health Informatics 3,611 papers3,611 papers Clinical Informatics Clinical Informatics 1,785 papers1,785 papers

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Scopus Searches August Medical Informatics 5,399 Citations 364, 459 web Medical Informatics 5,399 Citations 364, 459 web Health Informatics Health Informatics 2,985 Citations 394, 828 Web 2,985 Citations 394, 828 Web Clinical Informatics Clinical Informatics 1,692 Citations 267,063 Web 1,692 Citations 267,063 Web Nursing Informatics Nursing Informatics 628 Citations 115,765 Web 628 Citations 115,765 Web

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Using “AND”

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Using “OR”

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Looking for number of files Copernic Copernic ASK ASK Google Desktop Google Desktop

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Comparison of desktop search engines – number of articles

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Comparison of desktop search engines – number of articles (2)

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Comparison of desktop search engines – number of articles

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Can you count ducks? Otley outcomes are contextualOtley outcomes are contextual “Describe stages of communication from source to recipient and what influences” “Describe stages of communication from source to recipient and what influences” Authors of Articles are asked to supply KeywordsAuthors of Articles are asked to supply Keywords They do not use a taxonomy or thesaurus They do not use a taxonomy or thesaurus Often Countries or Organisations use words because they are “in” rather than that they have a specific meaning Often Countries or Organisations use words because they are “in” rather than that they have a specific meaning E-Health, CfH, Patients ChoiceE-Health, CfH, Patients Choice MESH heading are only medicalMESH heading are only medical

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Counting the number of Keywords Reference Manager Reference Manager PubmedPubmed ScopusScopus

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Some of the Keywords

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Ponds – Ducks – Keywords Themes – Elements - Keywords Computer Science for Health Informatics (ICT for Health) Computer Science for Health Informatics (ICT for Health) Collaborative Internet architecturesCollaborative Internet architectures Architecture159 Architecture159 USES OF CLINICAL INFO USES OF CLINICAL INFO Data analysis & statistical presentationData analysis & statistical presentation Automatic Data Processing 78 Automatic Data Processing 78 Analysis 635 Analysis 635

An academic Institutional member of IMIA You see things; and say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw

An academic Institutional member of IMIA Be positive - we are making progress