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Challenges and communities of medical informatics research

Published: 17 January 2013 Publication History

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This article discusses experiences and lessons learned from working on health informatics research as a computer scientist. In particular, I present challenges faced when conducting research on medical informatics, and explain some of the aspects that make medical data and systems unique. Then, I present the two broad research communities studying medical informatics problems. Finally, I offer advice on how to bridge the gap between these communities and increase their research productivity.

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cover image ACM SIGMOD Record
ACM SIGMOD Record  Volume 41, Issue 4
December 2012
62 pages
ISSN:0163-5808
DOI:10.1145/2430456
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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 17 January 2013
Published in SIGMOD Volume 41, Issue 4

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