Morris T A
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Proc AMIA Symp. 2000:590-4.
This study seeks to increase our understanding of the structure of Medical Informatics. In particular, it focuses on the relationships between information science and information technology on the one hand, and biomedical research, clinical practice, and medical education on the other, that have defined "medical informatics." Using indexing terms and MeSH tree structures assigned to medical informatics literature covered by MEDLINE, co-occurrence analysis provides a "map" of the field. Major research and application focuses arrayed within the map elucidate a finer structure than reported previously. Dimensions "Techniques vs. Systems" and "Signs & Symptoms vs. Processes" form the two axes of the map and relate to the relationships underlying the indexing assignments given to the literature studied. Related studies underway using the INSPEC database will provide a complementary perspective on the structure of medical informatics as a field.
本研究旨在增进我们对医学信息学结构的理解。具体而言，它聚焦于一方面信息科学与信息技术，另一方面生物医学研究、临床实践和医学教育之间的关系，这些关系界定了“医学信息学”。通过使用分配给MEDLINE所涵盖的医学信息学文献的索引词和医学主题词（MeSH）树形结构，共现分析提供了该领域的一张“地图”。排列在这张“地图”内的主要研究和应用重点阐明了比先前报道更为精细的结构。“技术与系统”以及“体征与症状与过程”这两个维度构成了该“地图”的两条轴，并与赋予所研究文献的索引分配背后的关系相关。正在使用INSPEC数据库进行的相关研究将为医学信息学这一领域的结构提供一个补充视角。
