What is Biomedical and Health Informatics?
This page contains materials that answer a question I am frequently asked: What is Biomedical and Health Informatics? In addition to providing many links to key sites around the Web for biomedical and health informatics, it also provides a voice-over-Powerpoint lecture (MP4 format - accessible from all computers and mobile devices) that addresses the question from my perspective. The slides of the lecture are also provided in PDF handout format, with another PDF file of references cited. The lectures are derived from content of my courses in the Biomedical Informatics Graduate Program at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the 10x10 ("ten by ten") course I offer in partnership with the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). (The online lectures here use the same technology that we use in our courses.) This page also provides a list of recent textbooks, some links to papers I have written, and links to important professional organizations for the field.
The content is divided into segments, and includes MP4 lectures, PDF slides, and PDF bibliography for the following:
Overview of Field
What is Biomedical and Health Informatics? (27:08) - Lecture PDF
Historical Perspectives of Biomedical and Health Informatics (21:43) - Lecture PDF
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Biomedicine and Health (17:55) - Lecture PDF
Resources - Organizations, Information, Education (27:36) - Lecture PDF
Electronic Health Record
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (27:57) - Lecture PDF
Generative AI in in Biomedicine and Health (1/3) (19:10) - Lecture PDF
Generative AI in in Biomedicine and Health (2/3) (30:02) - Lecture PDF
Generative AI in in Biomedicine and Health (3/3) (24:21) - Lecture PDF
Information Retrieval
Clinical Research Informatics
William Hersh, MD - Writing, Teaching, Research, and Consulting
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