AMIA 10X10 at Utah

Posted on October 1, 2009 by jdondoyle

The University of Utah’s contribution to the AMIA 10×10 is an introductory survey course of the field of public health informatics.  This web-based interactive course provides an introduction to the field of public health informatics. The goal of this course is to introduce informatics and public health students/practitioners to informatics principles and their application to public health problems.  Students will [...]

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From the Countway: Information Technology is Central to the Conduct of Medicine

Posted on October 1, 2009 by jdondoyle

by Isaac (“Zak”) Kohane
Medicine always was a discipline of information processing. We took data (signs and symptoms) from the patient, matched them against our knowledge-base (the hopefully updated residue of medical school) and then came up with a interwoven diagnostic and therapeutic plan. We then understood that this information processing could be automated. But then, [...]

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