What is health informatics?
Health and biomedical informatics is the body of knowledge that concerns the acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of information in, about and for human health, and the design and management of related information systems to advance the understanding and practice of healthcare.
The discipline of health and biomedical informatics sits at the intersection of at least four fields of research – health science, computer science, information science and knowledge management.
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News and Events
Carlton Connect Interdisciplinary Conference
2nd & 3rd February 2012 at The University of Melbourne
See website for more information:
Carlton Connect
Registrations for this important event close on 20th January. HBIR will be represented by Prof Martin-Sanchez, who will give a presentation on health informatics as part of the morning session on day two "Networked Societies".
The Carlton Connect research strategy
is being formed in response to the growing complexity and interconnectedness of 'big, wicked' problems.
Conferences
HIC 2012 Sydney July 30 - August 2
HISA invites contributions and registrations to Australia's largest Health Informatics Conference. Call for papers open now until February 23 - For more information see the conference website HIC 2012.
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In the Health and Biomedical Informatics Research Unit at the University of Melbourne our goal is to build collaborations that advance human health through the shared development and application of expert knowledge about information and communication technologies for healthcare and biomedical research. [read more]