Medical & Health Informatics
INTRODUCTION
On this page you will find links to the various aspects of Informatics as it pertains to medical Education & Research and the goals here at the foundation (Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research).
CURRENT PROJECTS - 2005
- MICTEG : Medical ICT Experts
Group
The goal of this group is to create a synergy among computer experts who are building & implementing solutions for medical-ICT (information & communication technology in the medical field). Although the primary focus is on open-source software and accessible hardware platforms, all contributions are welcome.
- IBCT : Internet Based Clinical Trials
Register, access, and manage online multi-centric medical studies hosted by the GFMER foundation.
- E-Learning
Using our online CMS (course management system) access the GFMER online discussion forums, resources and course materials (videos, powerpoint presentations etc.). This section is useful for participants of the post-graduate courses, the Perinatal Education Program, Laparoscopic Surgery, Photomedicine etc.
LOCAL RESOURCES
- Teleconferencing tools & know-how
- Video - creating the streaming video found at GFMER (e.g., the videos on Fistules obstétricales )
- Backup System Basics
- E-Mail : access your GFMER mail account through this web interface.
- Frequently Asked Questions : look here for solutions to common problems and solutions using the informatics infrastructure at the foundation.
WEB RESOURCES
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
- EpiInfo - public domain software designed for public health practitioners and researchers providing easy form and database construction, data entry, and analysis with epidemiologic statistics, maps, and graphs.
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint - publishing & presentation software
- here is the GFMER journal template (Word)
- EndNote, RefMan - bibliographic management software (see a metalist here)
- Moodle (course-management software)
MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATIONS (see also these metalists: hi-europe, sgmi-ssim, imia, ...)
- International Medical Informatics Association
- Service of Medical Informatics at the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) - Projects & Publications
- European Federation for Medical Informatics - theory and practice of Information Science and Technology within Health and Health Science in a European context
- Health Informatics World-Wide - an updated index of the most relevant links to websites on Health Informatics
- Healthcare Informatics Online - monthly business magazine that provides news about information technology in healthcare facilities and organization.
- Health Informatics Europe - News, Projects, and a Who's Who of people & professional Associations working in Medical Informatics, Research & Developement Projects,
- Société suisse d'informatique médicale
- Health on the Net Foundation (Geneva) - Information about Mednet2003
- MiraLab Medical Research
MEDICAL INFORMATICS JOURNALS (see also these metalists: informatics-review, medbioworld, ...)
- Swiss Society of Medical Informatics Journal
- Healthcare Informatics Journal
- Methods of Information in Medicine Journal
- Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) - current issue
- International Journal of Medical Informatics
- Informatics in Primary Care
MEDICAL INFORMATICS IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
- Manila, Philippines
- Challenges in Medical Informatics, Inaugural speech of Dr.K C Lun (ref. Singapore + Africa)
Text prepared by Dr. Shawn Koppenhoefer ()
Edited by Aldo Campana,