Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1986 Dec;145(6):778-85.

Origins of medical informatics

M F Collen

Origins of medical informatics

M F Collen. West J Med. 1986 Dec.

Abstract

Medical informatics is a new knowledge domain of computer and information science, engineering and technology in all fields of health and medicine, including research, education and practice. Medical informatics has evolved over the past 30 years as medicine learned to exploit the extraordinary capabilities of the electronic digital computer to better meet its complex information needs. The first articles on this subject appeared in the 1950s, the number of publications rapidly increased in the 1960s and medical informatics was identified as a new specialty in the 1970s.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1964 Jul 31;115:547-52 - PubMed
    1. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 1975 Sep;54(3):233-41 - PubMed
    1. Comput Biol Med. 1973 Oct;3(3):227-46 - PubMed
    1. N Engl J Med. 1978 Feb 9;298(6):310-8 - PubMed
    1. Arch Mal Prof. 1968 Dec;29(12):699-701 - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources