Collen M F
MD Comput. 1989 Jul-Aug;6(4):192-8.
Medical informatics, the application of computers to medicine, was supported by engineering groups in the 1950s, by biomedical engineering societies in the 1960s, and by medical informatics organizations in the 1970s and 1980s. Because of the highly specialized and technical nature of medical informatics, the dissemination of early articles on the subject was largely dependent on publication of the proceedings and transactions of meetings of professional organizations. The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) was recently formed from the merger of three professional organizations, each dedicated to medical informatics: the American Association for Medical systems and Informatics (AAMSI), the American College for Medical Informatics (ACMI), and the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC). An increase in professional interest and activity in medical informatics is anticipated in the 1990s.
医学信息学，即计算机在医学中的应用，在20世纪50年代得到工程团体的支持，60年代得到生物医学工程学会的支持，70年代和80年代得到医学信息学组织的支持。由于医学信息学具有高度专业化和技术性的特点，早期关于该主题的文章的传播在很大程度上依赖于专业组织会议的会议记录和学报的出版。美国医学信息学协会（AMIA）最近由三个专门致力于医学信息学的专业组织合并而成：美国医学系统与信息协会（AAMSI）、美国医学信息学学院（ACMI）以及医学护理中的计算机应用研讨会（SCAMC）。预计在20世纪90年代，医学信息学方面的专业兴趣和活动将会增加。
