Belgian Medical Informatics Association
Encyclopedia
The Belgian Medical Informatics Association or Belgian Society for Medical Informatics is a Belgian
non-profit organization, which was established in 1974, to promote and develop medical information science and technology in Belgium
.
As a scientific society, the focus of its activities is on improving communication among researchers and developers in the field of medical computing
and telematics
. Within the organization, the role of medical informatics in society and its ethical aspects are also discussed.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
non-profit organization, which was established in 1974, to promote and develop medical information science and technology in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
.
As a scientific society, the focus of its activities is on improving communication among researchers and developers in the field of medical computing
Health informatics
.Health informatics is a discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care...
and telematics
Telematics
Telematics typically is any integrated use of telecommunications and informatics, also known as ICT...
. Within the organization, the role of medical informatics in society and its ethical aspects are also discussed.
See also
- eHealthEHealtheHealth is a relatively recent term for healthcare practice supported by electronic processes and communication, dating back to at least 1999...
- Belgian Health Telematics CommissionBelgian Health Telematics CommissionThe Belgian Health Telematics Commission is a Belgian government committee working on standards for exchanging and sharing of health information, between health care participants. The committee provides advice on eHealth to the Belgian government...
(BHTC) - International Medical Informatics AssociationInternational Medical Informatics AssociationIMIA or the International Medical Informatics Association is an independent organisation that plays a role in promoting and furthering the application of information science in modern society, particularly in the fields of healthcare, bioscience and medicine. It was established in 1967 as a...
(IMIA) - European Federation for Medical InformaticsEuropean Federation for Medical InformaticsThe European Federation for Medical Informatics is a non-profit organization, which was conceived at a meeting, assisted by the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organisation , in Copenhagen, , in September 1976....
(EFMI) - European Institute for Health RecordsEuropean Institute for Health RecordsThe European Institute for Health Records or EuroRec Institute is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 as part of the ProRec initiative. On 13 May 2003, the institute was established as a non-profit organization under French law. Current President of EuroRec is Prof. Georges De Moor...
- ProRecProRecThe ProRec initiative of 1996 is a network of national non-profit organisations . The initiative was a consequence of the conclusions of the Concerted Action MEDIREC regarding the reasons why Electronic Health Record systems were not used more widely in any of the European Union...