"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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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Informatics" by people in Profiles.
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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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Mind the clinical-analytic gap: Electronic health records and COVID-19 pandemic response. J Biomed Inform. 2021 04; 116:103715.
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A primer on quantitative bias analysis with positive predictive values in research using electronic health data. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019 12 01; 26(12):1664-1674.
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Making work visible for electronic phenotype implementation: Lessons learned from the eMERGE network. J Biomed Inform. 2019 11; 99:103293.
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Facilitating phenotype transfer using a common data model. J Biomed Inform. 2019 08; 96:103253.
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Value-Based Insurance Design: Current Evidence and Future Directions. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2019 Jul; 25(7):738-741.
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Novel Health Information Technology to Aid Provider Recognition and Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Primary Care. Med Care. 2019 06; 57 Suppl 6 Suppl 2:S190-S196.
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"It's Not Just Technology, It's People": Constructing a Conceptual Model of Shared Health Informatics for Tracking in Chronic Illness Management. J Med Internet Res. 2019 04 29; 21(4):e10830.
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Using Health Information Technology to Bring Social Determinants of Health into Primary Care: A Conceptual Framework to Guide Research. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2018; 29(3):949-963.
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Pragmatic (trial) informatics: a perspective from the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2017 09 01; 24(5):996-1001.