Philip J Scott1, Ronald Cornet2, Colin McCowan3, Niels Peek4, Paolo Fraccaro5, Nophar Geifman6, Wouter T Gude7, William Hulme8, Glen P Martin9, Richard Williams10. 1. University of Portsmouth. philip.scott@port.ac.uk. 2. Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam & Linköping University. r.cornet@amc.uva.nl. 3. University of Glasgow. colin.mccowan@glasgow.ac.uk. 4. University of Manchester. niels.peek@manchester.ac.uk. 5. University of Manchester. paolo.fraccaro@manchester.ac.uk. 6. University of Manchester. nophar.geifman@manchester.ac.uk. 7. Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. w.t.gude@amc.uva.nl. 8. University of Manchester. william.hulme@manchester.ac.uk. 9. University of Manchester. glen.martin@manchester.ac.uk. 10. University of Manchester. richard.williams2@manchester.ac.uk.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The Informatics for Health congress, 24-26 April 2017, in Manchester, UK, brought together the Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) conference and the Farr Institute International Conference. This special issue of the Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics contains 113 presentation abstracts and 149 poster abstracts from the congress. DISCUSSION: The twin programmes of "Big Data" and "Digital Health" are not always joined up by coherent policy and investment priorities. Substantial global investment in health IT and data science has led to sound progress but highly variable outcomes. Society needs an approach that brings together the science and the practice of health informatics. The goal is multi-level Learning Health Systems that consume and intelligently act upon both patient data and organizational intervention outcomes. CONCLUSION: Informatics for Health demonstrated the art of the possible, seen in the breadth and depth of our contributions. We call upon policy makers, research funders and programme leaders to learn from this joined-up approach.
INTRODUCTION: The Informatics for Health congress, 24-26 April 2017, in Manchester, UK, brought together the Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) conference and the Farr Institute International Conference. This special issue of the Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics contains 113 presentation abstracts and 149 poster abstracts from the congress. DISCUSSION: The twin programmes of "Big Data" and "Digital Health" are not always joined up by coherent policy and investment priorities. Substantial global investment in health IT and data science has led to sound progress but highly variable outcomes. Society needs an approach that brings together the science and the practice of health informatics. The goal is multi-level Learning Health Systems that consume and intelligently act upon both patient data and organizational intervention outcomes. CONCLUSION: Informatics for Health demonstrated the art of the possible, seen in the breadth and depth of our contributions. We call upon policy makers, research funders and programme leaders to learn from this joined-up approach.
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Computing methodologies; Informatics; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Policy; Research
Authors: P J Scott; M Rigby; E Ammenwerth; J Brender McNair; A Georgiou; H Hyppönen; N de Keizer; F Magrabi; P Nykänen; W T Gude; W Hackl Journal: Yearb Med Inform Date: 2017-09-11