IMIA Presidential Retrospectives on Medical Informatics

• Published in: Yearbook of medical informatics Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 165 - 175
• Main Authors: Ball, M.J., van Bemmel, J.H., Kaihara, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stuttgart Schattauer Verlag für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften 2007; Georg Thieme Verlag KG
• Subjects: Administrative Personnel; biomedical informatics; Editorial; Health Informatics; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; IMIA; International Cooperation; International Medical Informatics Association; Leadership; Medical Informatics; Medical Informatics - history; Medical Informatics - organization & administration; Medical Informatics - trends; nursing informatics; Societies - organization & administration; biomedical informatics; International Medical Informatics Association; health informatics; nursing informatics; IMIA; Medical informatics
• ISSN: 0943-4747; 2364-0502
• DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638542

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.