1. What is “Biomedical Informatics”?

2. 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.

3. Biomedical Informatics: Corollaries to the Definition
BMI develops, studies and applies theories, methods and processes for the generation, storage, retrieval, use, and sharing of biomedical data, information, and knowledge.
BMI builds on computing, communication and information sciences and technologies and their application in biomedicine.

4. Biomedical Informatics: Corollaries to the Definition
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.
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.

5. Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Basic Research
Applied Research
And Practice
Bioinformatics
Imaging Informatics
Clinical
Informatics
Public Health Informatics
Biomedical Informatics ≠ Bioinformatics

6. Interdisciplinary Nature of Biomedical Informatics
Computer Science (hardware)
Computer Science (software)
Cognitive Science
& Decision Making
Bioengineering
Biomedical
Informatics
Management
Sciences
Epidemiology
And Statistics
Clinical
Sciences
Basic Biomedical
Sciences

7. Biomedical Informatics Textbook (4th edition)
Springer Verlag

8. Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Basic Research
Applied Research
And Practice
Biomedical Informatics ≠ Health Informatics
Health Informatics
Imaging Informatics
Clinical Informatics
Public Health Informatics
Bioinformatics
Molecular and
Cellular
Processes
Tissues and
Organs
Individuals
(Patients)
Populations
And Society

9. Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Basic Research
Applied Research
And Practice
Consumer Health
Pharmaco- genomics
Biomolecular
Imaging
Imaging Informatics
Clinical Informatics
Public Health Informatics
Bioinformatics
Molecular and
Cellular
Processes
Continuum with “Fuzzy” Boundaries
Tissues and
Organs
Individuals
(Patients)
Populations
And Society

10. Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Basic Research
Applied Research
And Practice
Clinical Translational Science
Imaging Informatics
Clinical Informatics
Public Health Informatics
Bioinformatics
Continuum with “Fuzzy” Boundaries
Molecular and
Cellular
Processes
Tissues and
Organs
Individuals
(Patients)
Populations
And Society

11. Biomedical Informatics in Perspective
Contribute to...
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Computer
Science
Draw upon….
Other
Component
Sciences
Management
Sciences
Information
Sciences
Cognitive
Science
Decision
Science
Clinical or Biomedical Domain of Interest
Contributes to….
Applied Informatics
Draws upon….

12. Education of Biomedical Informatics Researchers
Biomedical Informatics Methods, Techniques, and Theories
Basic Research
Applied Research
Education and Experience at Both Levels
Contributions
Expected
Bioinformatics
Imaging Informatics
Clinical
Informatics
Public Health Informatics

13. An Envisioned Cycle That Ties Patient Care with Knowledge Creation and Dissemination
Biomedical and Clinical Research
Electronic Health Records
Standards for Prevention and Treatment
Regional and National Public Health and Disease Registries
Providers Caring for Patients
Information, Decision-Support, and Order-Entry Systems
Creation of Protocols, Guidelines, and Educational Materials
A “Learning Healthcare System”