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Ten years of medical informatics. Introduction. 1987

H F Orthner

Department of Computer Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington.

The discussions of the Tenth Anniversary of the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC) are summarized. Eight different subject areas are addressed: Medical informatics and medical education; Decision making, medical artificial intelligence, modelling and simulations; Image processing, 3-D graphics, and computer networks; Reimbursement policy, legal and regulatory issues; Encoding and representation of medical meaning; Ambulatory medical records systems; Hospital information systems; and Software environments for developing medical information systems. The activities of the 10th SCAMC consisted of Tutorials, Panel Discussions, a Plenary Session, Scientific Demonstrations, and an International Student Paper Competition in Medical Informatics.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007256	Information Systems	Integrated set of files, procedures, and equipment for the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of information.	Ancillary Information Systems,Emergency Care Information Systems,Information Retrieval Systems,Perinatal Information System,Ancillary Information System,Information Retrieval System,Information System,Information System, Ancillary,Information System, Perinatal,Perinatal Information Systems,Systems, Information Retrieval
D008490	Medical Informatics	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.	Clinical Informatics,Medical Computer Science,Medical Information Science,Computer Science, Medical,Health Informatics,Health Information Technology,Informatics, Clinical,Informatics, Medical,Information Science, Medical,Health Information Technologies,Informatics, Health,Information Technology, Health,Medical Computer Sciences,Medical Information Sciences,Science, Medical Computer,Technology, Health Information
D008499	Medical Records	Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses.	Health Diaries,Medical Transcription,Records, Medical,Transcription, Medical,Diaries, Health,Diary, Health,Health Diary,Medical Record,Medical Transcriptions,Record, Medical,Transcriptions, Medical
D009626	Terminology as Topic	Works about the terms, expressions, designations, or symbols used in a particular science, discipline, or specialized subject area.	Etymology,Nomenclature as Topic,Etymologies
D003195	Computer Communication Networks	A system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Cognitive Radio,Computer Network Management,Databases, Distributed,Distributed Systems,Extranets,Intranets,Network Communication Protocols,Telecommunication Networks,Cognitive Radios,Communication Network, Computer,Communication Networks, Computer,Communication Protocol, Network,Communication Protocols, Network,Computer Communication Network,Database, Distributed,Distributed Database,Distributed Databases,Distributed System,Extranet,Intranet,Management, Computer Network,Network Communication Protocol,Network Management, Computer,Network, Computer Communication,Network, Telecommunication,Protocol, Network Communication,Radio, Cognitive,System, Distributed,Telecommunication Network
D003658	Decision Making, Computer-Assisted	Use of an interactive computer system designed to assist the physician or other health professional in choosing between certain relationships or variables for the purpose of making a diagnostic or therapeutic decision.	Computer-Assisted Decision Making,Medical Decision Making, Computer-Assisted,Computer Assisted Decision Making,Decision Making, Computer Assisted,Medical Decision Making, Computer Assisted
D004501	Education, Medical	Use for general articles concerning medical education.	Medical Education
D012984	Software	Sequential operating programs and data which instruct the functioning of a digital computer.	Computer Programs,Computer Software,Open Source Software,Software Engineering,Software Tools,Computer Applications Software,Computer Programs and Programming,Computer Software Applications,Application, Computer Software,Applications Software, Computer,Applications Softwares, Computer,Applications, Computer Software,Computer Applications Softwares,Computer Program,Computer Software Application,Engineering, Software,Open Source Softwares,Program, Computer,Programs, Computer,Software Application, Computer,Software Applications, Computer,Software Tool,Software, Computer,Software, Computer Applications,Software, Open Source,Softwares, Computer Applications,Softwares, Open Source,Source Software, Open,Source Softwares, Open,Tool, Software,Tools, Software