Indian Association for Medical Informatics
Encyclopedia
Health informatics
.Health informatics is a discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care...
in the fields of healthcare, bioscience
BioScience
BioScience is a peer-reviewed monthly sometimes daily scientific journal that is published by the American Institute of Biological Sciences . The content is written and edited for accessibility to researchers, educators, and students alike...
and medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It was established in 1993.
Goals and objectives
The objectives http://www.iami.org.in/objectives.asp of the IAMI are to sensitize the Indian medical community to the benefits of Information TechnologyInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
(IT), bring about awareness and ensure greater utilization of IT in healthcare facilities across the length and breadth of India. The IAMI also aims to provide necessary assistance and guidance to other organizations to implement and reap the benefits of IT for health care. It supports introduction of computer literacy
Computer literacy
Computer literacy is defined as the knowledge and ability to use computers and related technology efficiently, with a range of skills covering levels from elementary use to programming and advanced problem solving. Computer literacy can also refer to the comfort level someone has with using...
along with medical education, development of computerized as well as medical digital libraries, access to information
Information
Information in its most restricted technical sense is a message or collection of messages that consists of an ordered sequence of symbols, or it is the meaning that can be interpreted from such a message or collection of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as...
and creation of databases. IAMI emphasizes on research and development of medical informatics as an independent discipline
Academic discipline
An academic discipline, or field of study, is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined , and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned societies and academic departments or faculties to...
. It provides various communication and interaction channels among its members by means of e-groups and through publication of a scholarly journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
mentioned below.
Affiliation
It is the Indian National Member at IMIA http://www.imia.org/action.lasso?-database=organizations.fp5&-response=member_profile.html&-layout=CGI&-sortField=country&-sortOrder=ascending&-op=bw&type=national&-maxRecords=1&-skipRecords=18&-searchHistory
IAMI was registered in September 1993 with its Registered Office being the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences http://nims.ap.nic.in/, in Hyderabad, India.It has been organising a conference every two years on roles and applications of informatics in medicine, health and allied fields in various states of India.
The first biennial conference was held in 1995 at Hyderabad.
Second conference was held in 1997 at Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Science is a research institution of higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It was established in 1909.-History:After a chance meeting between Jamsetji N...
, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
.
A major workshop was held in 2001 at NIMS, Hyderabad in lieu of third conference. Third conference of 1999 was postponed due to natural calamities.
The fourth conference was held in 2003 at PGIMERhttp://www.pgimer.nic.in/, Chandigarh
Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...
.
A mid-conference was held in 2004 at the South-Eastern Railways
South Eastern Railway (India)
The South Eastern Railway is one of the sixteen railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata. It comprises four divisions:# Adra Railway Division# Chakradharpur Railway Division# Kharagpur Railway Division...
Hospital, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
.
Fifth conference was held in 2005 at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences in Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
.
IAMI has conducted many beginners’ courses for doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
s, nurses, paramedic
Paramedic
A paramedic is a healthcare professional that works in emergency medical situations. Paramedics provide advanced levels of care for medical emergencies and trauma. The majority of paramedics are based in the field in ambulances, emergency response vehicles, or in specialist mobile units such as...
al personnel and computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
professional class. This enabled the association in enrolling many hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
s, institute
Institute
An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization created to do research on specific topics...
s and organization
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
s as Institutional Life Members. It is aiming at making Medical Informatics as one of the elective subjects in the UG curriculum for all medical colleges in India and to get academic credits from the Medical Council of India
Medical Council of India
The Medical Council of India was the statutory body for maintenance of uniform and high standards of medical education in India. The Council grants recognition of medical qualifications, gives accreditation to medical colleges, grants registration to medical practitioners, and monitors medical...
and other autonomous bodies under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)http://mohfw.nic.in/, Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
for all the delegates participating in the conference
Academic conference
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s, seminar
Seminar
Seminar is, generally, a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is...
s and workshop
Workshop
A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods...
s organized by the association.
In 2001, it started a discussion group for Medical Informatics. Which has now grown as the de facto information source for medical informatics related activities in India both for its members as well as non-members. Its active members include almost the entire Who’s Who of medical informatics scene of India. IAMI got its own web site in 2002. Its Journal "Indian Journal of Medical Informatics" (IJMI) was started in May 2004 http://www.iami.org.in/history.asp.
Membership
IAMI membership consists of Personal, Institutional and Honorary Members http://www.iami.org.in/members.asp.Many of its key office bearers are part of several Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
(GOI) initiatives in the areas of telemedicine, especially in the area of development of standards and guidelines for the practice of telemedicine
Telemedicine
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunication and information technologies in order to provide clinical health care at a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers and can improve access to medical services that would often not be consistently available in distant rural communities...
, online medical education
E-learning
E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...
and electronic medical record
Electronic medical record
An electronic medical record is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital or physician's office...
s or electronic health record
Electronic Health Record
An electronic health record is an evolving concept defined as a systematic collection of electronic health information about individual patients or populations...
s.
Journal
It brings out the scientific journalScientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
called Indian Journal of Medical Informatics http://www.medicalinformatics.org.in/ojs/index.php/ijmi/index.
Upcoming Conference
The next Biennial Conference http://www.iami.org.in/kochi2007/index.asp of IAMI is scheduled to be held from November 16 - 17, 2007 at the Centre for Digital Health in Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research CentreAmrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre is a ISO 9001:2000 certified and NABH accredited private medical college near Edapally in Kochi, India.It is a1450 bedded Hospital,...
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