Perry Gerald J, Roderer Nancy K, Assar Soraya
Denison Memorial Library, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, A003 Denver, Colorado 80262, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2005 Apr;93(2):199-205.
The article offers a current perspective on medical informatics and health sciences librarianship.
The authors: (1) discuss how definitions of medical informatics have changed in relation to health sciences librarianship and the broader domain of information science; (2) compare the missions of health sciences librarianship and health sciences informatics, reviewing the characteristics of both disciplines; (3) propose a new definition of health sciences informatics; (4) consider the research agendas of both disciplines and the possibility that they have merged; and (5) conclude with some comments about actions and roles for health sciences librarians to flourish in the biomedical information environment of today and tomorrow.
Boundaries are disappearing between the sources and types of and uses for health information managed by informaticians and librarians. Definitions of the professional domains of each have been impacted by these changes in information. Evolving definitions reflect the increasingly overlapping research agendas of both disciplines. Professionals in these disciplines are increasingly functioning collaboratively as "boundary spanners," incorporating human factors that unite technology with health care delivery.
本文提供了关于医学信息学和健康科学图书馆学的当前视角。
作者们：（1）讨论医学信息学的定义如何相对于健康科学图书馆学以及更广泛的信息科学领域发生了变化；（2）比较健康科学图书馆学和健康科学信息学的使命，回顾这两个学科的特点；（3）提出健康科学信息学的新定义；（4）考虑这两个学科的研究议程以及它们合并的可能性；（5）最后对健康科学图书馆员在当今和未来生物医学信息环境中蓬勃发展的行动和角色发表一些评论。
信息学家和图书馆员所管理的健康信息的来源、类型和用途之间的界限正在消失。这些信息变化对每个专业领域的定义都产生了影响。不断演变的定义反映了这两个学科日益重叠的研究议程。这些学科的专业人员越来越多地作为“边界跨越者”进行协作，纳入将技术与医疗保健提供相结合的人为因素。
