Summary
Background
In 2005, Medical Informatics Laboratory (CMIL) became an independent research unit
within the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca. CMIL is currently run by
three persons (a university professor, a data processing specialist and a pedagogical
assistant). The objectives of CMIL are to promote research and develop quality in
the field of biomedical data processing and health, and integrate new technologies
into medical education and biostatistics. It has four units: Telehealth Unit, Network
Unit, Biostatistics Unit, Medical data processing Unit.
Objectives
The present article seeks to give a comprehensive account of Casablanca Medical informatics
laboratory (CMIL) activities. For ease of exposition, the article consists of four
sections: Section I discusses the background of CMIL; section II is devoted to educational
activities; section III addresses professional activities; and section IV lists projects
that CMIL is involved in.
Results
Since its creation, CMIL has been involved in a number of national and international
projects, which have a bearing on Telemedicine applications, E-learning skills and
data management in medical studies in Morocco.
Conclusions
It is our belief that the skills and knowledge gained in the past few years would
certainly enrich our research activities, and improve the situation of research in
Medical informatics in Morocco.
Keywords
Medical informatics - Morocco - telemedicine - distance education - hospital information
systems
