"Medical Informatics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine.
| Descriptor ID |
D008490
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.313.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Informatics- Medical Informatics
- Health Informatics
- Informatics, Health
- Informatics, Medical
Medical Computer Science- Medical Computer Science
- Computer Science, Medical
- Medical Computer Sciences
- Science, Medical Computer
Health Information Technology- Health Information Technology
- Health Information Technologies
- Information Technology, Health
- Technology, Health Information
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medical Informatics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medical Informatics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 22 | 8 | 30 |
| 2018 | 26 | 10 | 36 |
| 2019 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Informatics" by people in Profiles.
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Managing Pandemics with Health Informatics. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):69-74.
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Keep Moving Forward: Health Informatics and Information Management beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):75-83.
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The Clinical Information Systems Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):105-125.
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Clinical Information Systems Research in the Pandemic Year 2020. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):134-140.
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Key Contributions in Clinical Research Informatics. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):233-238.
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Integrated digital pathology at scale: A solution for clinical diagnostics and cancer research at a large academic medical center. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 08 13; 28(9):1874-1884.
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Cancer Informatics for Cancer Centers: Scientific Drivers for Informatics, Data Science, and Care in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer. JCO Clin Cancer Inform. 2021 08; 5:881-896.
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COVID-19 reveals the urgent need to strengthen nursing informatics competencies: a view from Peru. Inform Health Soc Care. 2021 Sep 02; 46(3):229-233.
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Biomedical and health informatics continue to contribute to COVID-19 pandemic solutions and beyond. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2021 07 14; 28(7):1361-1362.
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Innovative Strategies to Facilitate Safe Assessment and Intervention for Intimate Partner Violence During a Pandemic and Beyond. Nurs Womens Health. 2021 Oct; 25(5):395-399.