The International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI): IMIAs Academy is Now Established and on Track

Reinhold Haux; Marion J. Ball; Michio Kimura; Fernando Martin-Sanchez; Paula Otero; Elaine Huesing; Sabine Koch; Christoph U. Lehmann

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1701971

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Yearb Med Inform 2020; 29(01): 011-014
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1701971

IAHSI Papers

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

The International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI): IMIAs Academy is Now Established and on Track

Reinhold Haux

¹Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Germany

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Marion J. Ball

²Healthcare Informatics, Center for Computational Health, IBM Research, USA

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Michio Kimura

³Medical Informatics Department, School of Medicine, Hamamatsu University, Shizuoka, Japan

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Fernando Martin-Sanchez

⁴Digital Health Research Department, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

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Paula Otero

⁵Department of Health Informatics, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Elaine Huesing

⁶International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)

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Sabine Koch

⁷Health Informatics Centre, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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Christoph U. Lehmann

⁸Clinical Informatics Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA

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Abstract

Summary

Objectives: To summarize the major activities of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI) from 2018 until 2019, and to provide an outline of actions planned for 2020.

Method: Reporting about these activities and actions by the members of the Academy's first Board.

Results: Academy bylaws were accepted by the Academy Plenary and the IMIA General Assembly on August 25th, 2019 and August 26th, 2019, respectively. Academy's strategy and focus areas were developed. Based on the Academy's eligibility criteria, the 2018/2019 Class made of 26 new Academy Fellows was elected. Future activities will concentrate on building taskforces for developing and implementing major Academy focus areas.

Conclusions: We are glad to report that the Academy is strong and thriving.

Keywords

Biomedical and health informatics - medical informatics - health informatics - Academy of Sciences - International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics

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