School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019 Aug 1;26(8-9):689-695. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz132.
Health informatics studies the use of information technology to improve human health. As informaticists, we seek to reduce the gaps between current healthcare practices and our societal goals for better health and healthcare quality, safety, or cost. It is time to recognize health equity as one of these societal goals-a point underscored by this Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Special Focus Issue, "Health Informatics and Health Equity: Improving our Reach and Impact." This Special Issue highlights health informatics research that focuses on marginalized and underserved groups, health disparities, and health equity. In particular, this Special Issue intentionally showcases high-quality research and professional experiences that encompass a broad range of subdisciplines, methods, marginalized populations, and approaches to disparities. Building on this variety of submissions and other recent developments, we highlight contents of the Special Issue and offer an assessment of the state of research at the intersection of health informatics and health equity.
健康信息学研究如何利用信息技术来改善人类健康。作为信息学家，我们致力于缩小当前医疗保健实践与我们改善健康和医疗质量、安全性或成本的社会目标之间的差距。现在是时候将健康公平视为这些社会目标之一了——这一点在《美国医学信息学协会杂志》的特别焦点问题“健康信息学与健康公平：扩大我们的影响力”中得到了强调。本期特刊重点介绍了关注边缘化和服务不足群体、健康差距和健康公平的健康信息学研究。特别是，本特刊有意展示涵盖广泛的子学科、方法、边缘化人群以及解决差异的方法的高质量研究和专业经验。基于这些投稿和其他最新进展，我们重点介绍了特刊的内容，并对健康信息学和健康公平交叉领域的研究状况进行了评估。
