Medical Informatics. Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University / Faculty of Informatics of Heilbronn University Medical Informatics scientists have been trained since 1972 in the context of cooperation between the universities of Heidelberg and Heilbronn. The course is recognized as occupying a top place on the international scene. Programme Overview Our society is increasingly challenged by the need to provide efficient, individualised and affordable medical care. Modern information technologies are therefore urgently needed in order to keep up with rapid medical progress and to promote technological and organisational innovations. The interface between medicine, information science and society offers varied, fascinating and responsible assignments and, at the same time, calls for a large number of well trained, qualified experts.
The interdisciplinary field of Medical Informatics is multi-faceted and involves methodological developments and software engineering for diagnosis and treatment. Training Goals Fees. Home | AMIA. Medical Informatics. The Division of Medical Informatics is a group of medical faculty and computer experts whose functions are to: Initiate research activities in medical informatics which offer substantial overlap with the clinical and research life of the rest of the school.
Lead educational programs and discussions of informatics-related topics related to the conduct of long-term research projects or the improvement of the quality of patient care. Lead the development of novel prototype applications that may result in useful, institution-wide implementations. The Division has ongoing collaborations with a number of academic and support units, including the Departments of Surgery, Public Health Sciences, Dermatology, and Pathology, the School of Nursing, the Edward G. Miner Library, Physician Services, and the Information Systems Division. MS Degree Program Current Projects A bed management application that improves efficiency. Yale Center for Medical Informatics. IMIA - International Medical Informatics Association.