1. Biomedical Informatics in Engineering: A New Frontier for Engineering Librarians
Sheila J. Young, Engineering Librarian
Olivia B. Sparks, Engineering and Chemistry Librarian
ASEE 2008
Pittsburgh, PA
June 24, 2008

2. Biomedical Informatics
Shortliffe & Cimino, 2006.

3. Biomedical Informatics Definition
“…an umbrella term that names the core discipline while also denoting the union of the information and computer sciences with domains including clinical practice, biomedical research, imaging, public health, and health professions education. We believe that use of ‘‘biomedical informatics’’ as the overarching term and ‘‘bioinformatics’’ in a more focused sense will lead over time to the clearest portrayal of the field and, as such, will promote effective communication among the varied constituencies that work in the field.”
Friedman, C.P. et.al (2004)

4. Biomedical Informatics Programs http://www. amia
Examples of Departments/Programs with Biomedical Informatics in title
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Columbia University, New York, NY
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

5. Biomedical Informatics at ASU

6. Biomedical Informatics at ASU
Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering
New Department in the School of Computing and Informatics
Physical Location – Phoenix Biomedical Campus

7. Biomedical Informatics at Arizona State University
Phoenix Biomedical Campus
ASU Department of Biomedical Informatics
COM-PHX – “University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, in partnership with Arizona State University”
ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation
TGen
UA CPharm
NAU Allied Health

8. Areas of Concentration at ASU
Bioinformatics – “develop computational tools for the analysis of biomedical data and systems”
Clinical informatics – “develop novel information technology, computer science and knowledge management methodologies for disease prevention, treatment, more efficient and safer patient care delivery, and knowledge access.”

9. Areas of Concentration at ASU
Cognitive science – “…study of medical decision-making, cognitive foundations of health behaviors, and the effective use of computer-based information technologies.”
Areas include: analysis of medical error, models of naturalistic problem solving and decision-making, development and use of clinical guidelines, and evaluation of human-computer interactions

10. Areas of Concentration at ASU
Imaging Informatics – develop “information technology and computational tools to manage and analyze biomedical images (such as radiological films, CAT scans, pathology/microscopy or surgical simulation environments)…”
Public Health Informatics – “…systematic application of information and computer sciences to public health practice, research, and learning…”

11. From the Literature: Systems Biology
“Engineering sciences provides a bundles of computational tools and theoretical methods that are frequently applied in systems biology research.”
Modeling
Model analysis
Kremling (2007) p. 348

12. From the Literature: Systems Biology
“Systems biology is the merger of systems theory (engineering approaches) and molecular/cell biology…is particularly attractive for researchers from the engineering and physical sciences. What this indicates is that an “engineering or “systems-theoretic” approach is different to the way cell-biological systems have been studied.”
Wolkenhauer (2007)

13. From the Literature: Systems Biology
“…the engineering approach is a necessity, not a choice, if we are to understand the functioning of the cell.”
Mathematical models and rich data sets
Wolkenhauer (2007)

14. From the literature: Systems Biology
“…1) a biological system can be viewed as an engineering system, 2) biological information integration can be approached by reverse engineering, and 3) biological systems can be represented in the form of modern engineering system architectures.”
Zheng (2006)

15. Literature Sources PubMed Inspec Compendex ACM Digital Library
IEEE Xplore

16. MeSH Headings Information Science 1993 Informatics 2005
Dental Informatics 2005
Medical Informatics 1987
Decision Making, Computer-Assisted+ 1987
Information Storage and Retrieval+ 1991
Information Systems+ 1982
Medical Informatics Computing 1987
Nursing Informatics 2005
Public Health Informatics 2003
Biology
Computational Biology (Bioinformatics) 1997
“Biomedical Informatics” Not a MeSH term

17. Beyond PubMed
Sheetal Agarwal, et al. “A pervasive computing system for the operating room of the future.” (2007) Mobile Networks and Applications. 12 (2-3)
“…a prototype context aware perioperative information system to capture and interpret data in an operating room of the future.”
Pratt, Wanda et al. “Personal health information management.” (2006) Communications of the ACM.49 (1)
Guiducci, C. and Nardini, C. (2008). “High parallelism, portability, and broad accessibility: Technologies for genomics.” ACM Journal of Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems. 4, 1 (Mar. 2008), 1-39.

18. Beyond PubMed
Zhang et al “BioPortal Infectious Disease Informatics research: disease surveillance and situational awareness.” Proceedings of the 2008 international conference on Digital government research
“…disease monitoring and situational awareness infrastructure developed in BioPortal, our NSF-funded Infectious Disease Informatics project.”
Zhou, Z The role of a data grid in worldwide imaging-based clinical trials. Journal of High Speed Networks, v 16, n 1, 2007, p 21-33

19. INSPEC Terms Biology computing 1977 Medical computing 1977
Medical diagnostic computing 1977
Medical information systems 1995
Biomedical imaging 1995
“Biomedical Informatics” is Not an INSPEC Controlled Vocabulary term

20. Compendex Terms Bioinformatics 2006 Medical Imaging 1993
Medical computing 1993
“Biomedical Informatics” is Not an Compendex Controlled Vocabulary term

21. ACM Terms Computing Classification System (1998)
E. Data
H. Information Systems
I. Computing Methodologies
J.3 Life and Medical Sciences
Biology and genetics
Health
Medical information systems

22. INSPEC “Biology and Medical Computing” Records per Year 1997-2007

23. INSPEC CV terms in C7330- “Biology and Medical Computing”
82498 records ( )
Medical Image Processing – 32233
Biology Computing – 12672
Medical Computing – 10923
Medical Signal Processing – 10480
Biomedical MRI – 8243
Image Reconstruction – 7781
Image Segmentation – 7659
Computerised Tomography – 6597
Medical Information Systems – 5705
Diseases – 5394

24. INSPEC CV terms in C7330- “Biology and Medical Computing”

25. INSPEC CV “Medical Image Processing” Records per Year 1997-2007

26. Compendex “Medical Imaging” Records per Year 1997-2007

27. Journals: Computer Science/Engineering Literature
ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (2005)
IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine (1988)
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine (1997)
IEEE - ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (2004)
IET Systems Biology (2004)

28. Journals: Engineering Literature
SPIE Journals
Optical Engineering (1990)
Journal of Electronic Imaging (1992)
Journal of Biomedical Optics (1996)

29. Conferences - Examples
IEEE
Bioinformatics and Bioengineering
Biomedical Imaging
Computer Based Medical Systems
SPIE
Biomedical Electronic Imaging & Processing
Medical Imaging Systems
Molecular Biology & Genetics

30. References
Friedman C.P. et al. (2004). “Training the Next Gererations of Informaticians: The Impact of “BISTI” and Bioinformatics – A Report from the American College of Medical Informatics.” JAMIA 11 (3):
Greenes, R.A. et al. (2008). “Biomedical Informatics in the Desert – A New and Unique Program at Arizona State University.” IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics. Preprint.
Kremling, A, & Saez-Rodriguez, J. (2007). Systems biology – an engineering perspective. Journal of Biotechnology, 129 (2),
Shortliffe, E.H. & Cimino, J.J. (2006) Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Healthcare and Biomedicine, 3rd edition. Springer: New York. Pp. 34.
Shortliffe, E.H. “Biomedical Informatics : The nature of the discipline.” (accessed April 17, 2008).
Zheng, W.J.,(2006). “Engineering Approached Toward Biological Information Intergration at the Systems Level.” Current Bioinformatics 1 (1),

31. Questions?