RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Informatics for Health 2017: Advancing both science and practice
JF BMJ Health & Care Informatics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1
OP 185
DO 10.14236/jhi.v24i1.939
VO 24
IS 1
A1 Philip J. Scott
A1 Ronald Cornet
A1 Colin McCowan
A1 Niels Peek
A1 Paolo Fraccaro
A1 Nophar Geifman
A1 Wouter T. Gude
A1 William Hulme
A1 Glen P. Martin
A1 Richard Williams
YR 2017
UL http://informatics.bmj.com/content/24/1/1.abstract
AB Introduction The Informatics for Health congress, 24-26 April 2017, in Manchester, UK, brought together the Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) conference and the Farr Institute International Conference. This special issue of the Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics contains 113 presentation abstracts and 149 poster abstracts from the congress.Discussion The twin programmes of “Big Data” and “Digital Health” are not always joined up by coherent policy and investment priorities. Substantial global investment in health IT and data science has led to sound progress but highly variable outcomes. Society needs an approach that brings together the science and the practice of health informatics. The goal is multi-level Learning Health Systems that consume and intelligently act upon both patient data and organizational intervention outcomes.Conclusions Informatics for Health 2017 demonstrated the art of the possible, seen in the breadth and depth of our contributions. We call upon policy makers, research funders and programme leaders to learn from this joined-up approach.