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. 2005 Mar 31;7(1):e9. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7.1.e9

Table 2.

Medical informatics scientific content map endorsed by the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) [12]

Applied Technology Information Technology Infrastructure Data-Infrastructure Related Applications and Products Human-Organizational Education and Knowledge

  • Algorithms

  • Bioinformatics

  • Biosignal processing

  • Boolean logic

  • Cryptology

  • Human genome related

  • Human interfaces

  • Image processing

  • Mathematical models in medicine

  • Pattern recognition

  • Archival-repository systems for medical records- EPR-CPR-EMR

  • Authentication

  • Chip cards in health care

  • Distributed systems

  • Health professional workstation

  • Interfaces

  • Knowledge based systems

  • Networks

  • Neural networks

  • Pen based

  • Security

  • Speech recognition

  • Standards

  • Systems architecture

  • Telehealth

  • User interfaces

  • Classification

  • Coding systems

  • Concept representation-preservation

  • Data acquisition-data capture

  • Data analysis-extraction tools

  • Data entry

  • Data policies

  • Data protection

  • Database design

  • Indexing

  • Syntax

  • Language representation

  • Lexicons

  • Linguistics

  • Modeling

  • Nomenclatures

  • Standards

  • Terminology-vocabulary

  • Thesaurus tools

  • Biostatistics

  • Clinical trials

  • Computer-supported surgery

  • Decision support

  • Diagnosis related

  • Disease management

  • EPR-CPR-EMR

  • Epidemiological research Hosp IS

  • Event-based systems

  • Evidence based guidelines

  • Expert systems

  • Health services research

  • Health Information Systems management

  • Knowledge-based systems

  • Laboratory data

  • Image processing

  • Operations/resource management

  • Outcomes research and measurement

  • Quality management

  • Patient identification

  • Patient monitoring

  • Minimum data sets

  • Supply chain

  • Telematics

  • Telemedicine

  • Assessment

  • Compliance

  • Cognitive tasks

  • Collaboration

  • Communication

  • Economics of IT

  • Ethics

  • Implementation-deployment

  • Diffusion of IT

  • Evaluation

  • Human Factors

  • Legal issues, implementing national laws

  • Management

  • Managing change

  • Needs assessment

  • Organizational redesign processes

  • Organizational transformation

  • Planning

  • Policy issues

  • Privacy

  • Project management

  • Security

  • Strategic plans

  • Unique identifiers

  • User-computer interface

  • Bibliographic

  • Cognitive learning

  • Computer aided instruction

  • Computer-supported training

  • Consumer education

  • Continuing education

  • Digital libraries

  • E-Business

  • Health/medical informatics education

  • Information management- dissemination

  • Knowledge bases

  • Knowledge management

  • Learning models

  • Online/distance education
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