Medical informatics is the applied science at the junction of medicine, business, and information technology, which supports the health care delivery process and promotes measurable improvements in both quality of care and cost- effectiveness. (From MCW/MSOE Masters of Science in Medical Informatics Program Web site). Books: Please search our online catalog, MCWCAT, for additional books. Try the keywords "medical informatics" or "informatics".
Journals: MCW Libraries subscribes to over 30 informatics journals including Healthcare Informatics and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Journal Articles: A PubMed search retrieves articles on all aspects of medical informatics. Note: Full-text links may not work if you are not on the MCW, CHW, or FH networks. To verify that MCW Libraries subscribes to a particular journal check the E-Journals list.
Web Sites:
MCW/MSOE Master of Science in Medical Informatics MCW/UWM Doctoral Program in Medical Informatics American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics Duke University Division of Clinical Informatics Harvard Medical School Decision Systems Group Standford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), National Library of Medicine