Enrico Coiera and Terry Hannan feature in IMIA’s first History Book on medical informatics
Medical Informatics - the first 50 years
Internationally renowned medical Informatics leaders, Professor Enrico Coiera and Associate Professor Terry Hannan, feature in the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) first published history book released in November 2021.
The online publication of “International Medical Informatics and the Transformation of Healthcare”, is IMIA’s first edition of its history and impact spanning over 50 years.
The editorial preface comments that “Medical informatics has evolved and expanded over the past half century into a field that embraces a wide range of scientists, professionals, and clinical practitioners who have helped transform healthcare and its underlying biosciences.
This book details the unique perspectives and insights of many of the pioneers and leaders who have helped form, organize, and expand the field on a worldwide basis through the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and its member organizations.”
A doctor treats one patient at a time. If you could build a machine that treated many patients, you could touch the lives of thousands at a time. With that thought, I decided to pause my clinical training and learn both about computer science and how it could be applied to medicine. Enrico Coiera
| Professor Enrico Coiera MBBS, PhD, FAHMS, FIAHSI, FACMI, FAIDH Foundation Professor and Director, Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
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It was in 1984 when my purchase of an Apple IIe, at an exorbitant price compared to current personal computer system s, ultimately led to my Health Informatics journey. It was this instrument that made me ‘see’ the power of information, stored, manageable, and adaptable, that could benefit aspects of my life. Terry Hannan
| Professor Terry J. Hannan MBBS, FRACP, FACMI, FIAHSI, FAIDH Associate Professor and Visiting Fellow, Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI), Macquarie University
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About IMIA
The International Medical Informatics Association, (IMIA)seeks to grow and nurture a collaborative global Biomedical and Health Informatics community that encourages and supports international initiatives to improve health for all.
IMIA is an independent organization established under Swiss law in 1989. IMIA was originally established in 1967 as Technical Committee 4 of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP – www.ifip.org). In 1979, it evolved from a Special Interest Group of IFIP to its current status as a fully independent organization.
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