Haux R
Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, Germany.
Int J Med Inform. 1998 Jun;50(1-3):7-19.
It is argued that the progress of information processing and information technology changes our societies. Examples are given that there is a significant economic relevance of information technology for medicine and healthcare and for the quality of healthcare as well. In order to adequately pursue the goal of 'Transforming healthcare through innovative use of information technology for the 21st century' (the topic of the 6th International Conference on Health and Medical Informatics Education and of this special issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics), health professionals are needed who are well-educated in health informatics or medical informatics, respectively. Raising the scope and the quality of education in the field of health and medical informatics would help to raise the quality and efficiency of healthcare. In this context the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and its working group 1 (WG1) on Health and Medical Informatics Education can make a contribution by disseminating information and by elaborating recommendations on courses and programs in health and medical informatics. For this purpose IMIA WG1 has established a WWW site (http://www.imia.org/wg1) with information on health and medical informatics programs and courses. All teachers and institutions are encouraged to submit information about courses and programs offered and to set pointers to their own WWW sites. In addition, a mailing list was installed to facilitate communication between all persons involved in health and medical informatics education. For subscription, a message has to be sent to 'listserv@relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de'. The body of the message should read 'SUBSCRIBE IMIA-WG1'.
有人认为，信息处理和信息技术的进步正在改变我们的社会。文中给出了一些例子，说明信息技术在医学和医疗保健领域具有重大的经济意义，对医疗保健质量也同样如此。为了充分实现“通过在21世纪创新性地利用信息技术变革医疗保健”这一目标（第六届健康与医学信息学教育国际会议以及《国际医学信息学杂志》本期特刊的主题），需要分别在健康信息学或医学信息学方面受过良好教育的卫生专业人员。提高健康与医学信息学领域教育的范围和质量，将有助于提高医疗保健的质量和效率。在这种背景下，国际医学信息学协会（IMIA）及其健康与医学信息学教育工作组1（WG1）可以通过传播信息以及制定关于健康与医学信息学课程和项目的建议来做出贡献。为此，IMIA WG1建立了一个网站（http://www.imia.org/wg1），提供有关健康与医学信息学项目和课程的信息。鼓励所有教师和机构提交所提供课程和项目的信息，并设置指向其自己网站的链接。此外，还设立了一个邮件列表，以促进参与健康与医学信息学教育的所有人员之间的交流。如需订阅，必须发送一条信息至“listserv@relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de”。信息内容应写为“SUBSCRIBE IMIA-WG1”。
