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Yearb Med Inform 2007; 16(01): 165-175
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638542
Editorial
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

IMIA Presidential Retrospectives on Medical Informatics

M.J. Ball
1   IBM Research Center for Healthcare Management and Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, USA
,
J.H. van Bemmel
2   Erasmus Medical Center and Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
,
S. Kaihara
3   Postgraduate School, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
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During my presidency, it was a privi lege to work closely together with many colleagues, in particular in IMIA’s Board, from all over the world: Ian Symonds (New Zealand), Secretary; John Tresling (South Africa) and Ulla Gerdin (Sweden), both as Treasurers; K.C. Lun (Singapore), Vice President for MEDINFOs and my successor as IMIA’s President; Alexa T. McCray (USA) and Reinhold Haux (Germany), Vice Presidents for Services; Jean Rob erts (UK) and Branco Cesnik (Austra lia), Vice Presidents for Members; Nancy Lorenzi (USA), Vice President for SIGs and WGs and IMIA President after K.C. Lun; Brian Shorter (UK), Vice President for Special Activities; Marion Ball (USA), my predecessor as IMIA President and Liaison Off icer to the NLM; Patrice Degoulet (France), Liaison Officer to the EU; Jean-Raoul Scherrer (Switzerland), Liaison Officer to HON and IFIP; and Steven Huesing (Canada), IMIA’s Executive Director. I am most thankful for their friendship and support.
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Marion J. Ball, Ed.D.
IBM Research
Center for Healthcare Management
Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Baltimore
MD 21210
USA

Jan H. van Bemmel, PhD
Institute of Medical Informatics
Erasmus Medical Center and Erasmus
University Rotterdam Dr. Molewaterplein 50
P.O. Box 2040 3000
CA Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Shigekoto Kaihara MD, PhD
Dean Graduates School
International University of Health and Welfare
Aoyama-1chome Tower
4F1-3-3 Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-0062
Japan

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Summary

Objectives

The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2007. Three IMIA Presidents from three continents were invited to give their personal retrospectives on the world’s largest organization in medical informatics.

Method

Reports, based on personal reminiscenses.

Results and Conclusions

IMIA was established in the 1970s by individuals already active in medical informatics in their home countries. It has evolved into a strong international organization based on the mutual trust and friendship of members throughout the world. IMIA serves as a ‘bridge’ organization both within an inter organizational context and within the broader context of IMIA’s professional aims. Being a driving motor for successive waves of change in the field, IMIA helps to significantly improve health care by building bridges across regions, disciplines, and professions, to bridge the distances around the globe.

Geissbuhler A, Haux R, Kulikowski C, editors. IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics 2007.


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Keywords

Medical informatics - health informatics - nursing informatics - biomedical informatics - International Medical Informatics Association - IMIA

 


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Addresses of the authors

Marion J. Ball, Ed.D.
IBM Research
Center for Healthcare Management
Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Baltimore
MD 21210
USA

Jan H. van Bemmel, PhD
Institute of Medical Informatics
Erasmus Medical Center and Erasmus
University Rotterdam Dr. Molewaterplein 50
P.O. Box 2040 3000
CA Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Shigekoto Kaihara MD, PhD
Dean Graduates School
International University of Health and Welfare
Aoyama-1chome Tower
4F1-3-3 Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-0062
Japan

  • References

  • 1 www.IMIA.org.
    PubMed
  • 2 Lorenzi N. Strategy in a fishbowl: an invitation to determine the shape of IMIA in 2015. Methods Inf Med 2006; 45: 235-9.
    Thieme ConnectPubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 3 Lorenzi N. Towards IMIA 2015 the IMIA Strate gic Plan. In: Geissbuhler Haux R, Kulikowski C. editors. 2007. IMIAYearbook of Medical Informatics. Methods Inf Med. 2007. 46 xx-xx.
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 4 Degoulet P, Haux R, Kulikowski C, Lun KC. François Grémy and the birth of IMIA. Methods Inf Med 2005; 44: 349-51.
    Thieme ConnectPubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 5 Peterson HE. From Punched Cards to Computer ized Patient Records: A Personal Journey. In: Haux R, Kulikowski C. editors 2006 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics. Methods Inf Med. 2006. 45: S180-6.
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 6 Institute of Medicine. Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st Century. Second and final report of the Committee on the Quality of Health Care in America. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 2001
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 7 Shannon RH. editor. Hospital information systems: An international perspective on problems and pros pects. Proceedings of the IFIP working conference on hospital information systems, Capetown, South Africa, 2-6 April 1979. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company; 1979
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 8 Ball MJ. Concluding remarks. In: [7], 393-394.
    PubMed
  • 9 Ball MJ, Silva JS, Douglas JV, Degoulet P, Kaihara S. editors The health care professional worksta tion. Proceedings of a working conference spon sored by the International Medical Informatics As sociation, Washington, DC, USA, 14-16 June 1993. Published as a special issue of the Int J Biomed Comput 1994; 34: 1-415.
    PubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 10 For more information, visit www.tigersummit.com
    PubMed
  • 11 IBM. 2006. Healthcare. 2015
    PubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 12 Ball MJ, Douglas JV. 2005. Human Factors: Chang ing Systems, Changing Behaviors. Chapter 6 in Person-Centered Health Records:Toward Healthier People. Demetriades JE, Kolodner RM, Christopherson GA. editors. New York: Springer; 2005: 60-70.
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 13 Braude RM. People and Organizational Issues in Health Informatics. JAMIA 1997; 04: 150-1.
    PubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 14 IOM. Health Professionals Education: A Bridge to Quality. Washington, DC: NationalAcademy Press; 2003
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 15 IOM. The Computer-based Patient Record: An Es sential Technology for Health Care. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; 1991
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 16 Ball MJ. Bridging to New Worlds: Reflections on the IMIA Presidency 1992-1995. 1995
    PubMedSearch in Google Scholar
  • 17 Van Bemmel JH, Willems JL. editors. Trends in computer-processed electrocardiograms. Amsterdam: North Holland Publ Comp; 1977
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 18 Van Bemmel JH, Ball MJ, Wigertz O. editors. MEDINFO-83. Amsterdam: North Holland Publ Comp; 1983
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 19 Willems JL, van Bemmel JH, Zywietz C. editors. Computer ECGAnalysis: Towards Standardization. Amsterdam: North Holland Publ Comp; 1985
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 20 Van Bemmel JH, Grémy F, Zvárová J. editors. Medical Decision Making: Diagnostic Strategies and Expert Systems. Amsterdam: North Holland Publ Comp; 1985
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 21 Willems JL, van Bemmel JH, Michel J. editors. Progress in Biological Function Analysis. Amsterdam: North Holland Publ Comp; 1988
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 22 Van Bemmel JH, Lindberg DAB, Grémy F, Shortliffe EH, Wigertz O. editors. Data, Informa tion, Knowledge in Medicine, Developments in Medical Informatics in Historical Perspective. Meth ods Inf Med. 1988. 27; (special issue).
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 23 Van Bemmel JH, Zvárová J. eds. Knowledge. In formation and Medical Education. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publ; 1991
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 24 Van Bemmel JH, Rosenfalck A, Saranummi N. editors. Biosignal Interpretation. Methods Inf Med. 1994. 33; (special issue).
    Search in Google Scholar
  • 25 Van Bemmel JH, McCray AT. editors. IMIA Year books of Medical Informatics. Stuttgart: Schattauer Verlag; 1992-2000

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