Summary
Objectives:
To provide an editorial introduction to the 2010 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics
with an overview of its contents and contributors.
Methods:
A brief overview of the main theme, and an outline of the purposes, contents, format,
and acknowledgment of contributions for the 2010 IMIA Yearbook.
Results:
This 2010 issue of the IMIA Yearbook highlights important developments in the building
of workforce capacity in medical informatics worldwide, covering activities in research,
education and practice in this interdisciplinary field. Progress towards educating
and keeping professionals in the field up-to-date is complemented by outreach to the
wide range of disciplines and biomedical and health specialties that are covered by
this very broad field, identified from the recent literature, illustrated by selected
papers published during the past 12 months.xs
Conclusion:
Reviews and Surveys of the main research sub-fields in biomedical informatics in
the Yearbook provide an overview of progress and current challenges across the spectrum
of the discipline.
Keywords
Editorial - 2010 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics - surveys of biomedical informatics
- reviews of biomedical informatics - history of biomedical informatics - IMIA and
its societies
