Health informatics

Cape Town, South Africa will host the 13th International Congress on Medical Informatics from the 12 - 15 of September 2010.

This will be the first time MEDINFO is held in Africa. It promises to boost exposure to grassroots healthcare delivery and the underpinning health information systems. This will open the door to new academic partnerships into the future and help to nurture a new breed of health informaticians.

More information: http://www.medinfo2010.org/

The biohealthmatics.com site is brought to you by HealthMatics LTD, a health informatics consulting company based in the United Kingdom. An online directory provides links to biomedical informatics resources and the knowledge center provides an introduction to those who have little or no knowledge about biomedical informatics.

Online book of Medical Informatics.

Advancing Health Care Through Information Technology Includes the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)

IMIA aims to promote informatics in health care and biomedical research

An electronic serial for medical and information system professionals interested in the latest academic developments in clinical informatics and computing

Peer-reviewed articles that assist health care professionals develop and apply medical informatics to patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration.

Only about 14% of South Africans belong to a medical aid scheme, the Health Systems Trust (HST) said on Monday.

This report documents the proceedings of a seminar held at Broederstroom on 10/11 March 1994 to develop a plan towards a national health information system for South Africa. Participants were invited because of their interest and involvement in health informatics. Participants quickly identified key stakeholders who were inadequately represented, and the dissemination of this report represents the first step towards including a broader range of participants in discussions.