Synergy between medical informatics and bioinformatics: facilitating genomic medicine for future health care

  • Authors:

  • F. Martin-Sanchez;I. Iakovidis;S. Nørager;V. Maojo;P. de Groen;J. Van der Lei;T. Jones;K. Abraham-Fuchs;R. Apweiler;A. Babic;R. Baud;V. Breton;P. Cinquin;P. Doupi;M. Dugas;R. Eils;R. Engelbrecht;P. Ghazal;P. Jehenson;C. Kulikowski;K. Lampe;G. De Moor;S. Orphanoudakis;N. Rossing;B. Sarachan;A. Sousa;G. Spekowius;G. Thireos;G. Zahlmann;J. Zvárová;I. Hermosilla;F. J. Vicente

  • Affiliations:

  • Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;European Commission, Directorate General Information Society, Brussels, Belgium;European Commission, Directorate General Information Society, Brussels, Belgium;Polytechnical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain;Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation Rochester, MN;Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA;Siemens AG Medical Solution, Erlangen, Germany;EMBL/EBI, Cambridge, UK;Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland;CNRS-IN2P3, Aubierre, France;Laboratoire TIMC, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France;Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biometrics and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Germany;German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany;GSF-Medis Institute, Munich, Neuherberg, Germany;Scottish Center for Genomic Technology and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, UK;Joint Research Center European Commission, Germany;Computer Sciences, Rutgers University, NJ;Finnish Office for Health Care Technology Assessment, STAKES, Helsinki, Finland;Ramit VZW, Gent, Belgium;Institute of Computer Science-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece;Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, Copenhagen, Denmark;GE Research Center, Niskayuna, NY;IEEETA University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal;Philips Research Laboratories, Aachen, Germany;Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece;Siemens AG Medical Solution, Erlangen, Germany;EuroMISE Center of Charles University and Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic;Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Biomedical Informatics
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper, we review the results of BIOINFOMED, a study funded by the European Commission (EC) with the purpose to analyse the different issues and challenges in the area where Medical Informatics and Bioinformatics meet. Traditionally, Medical Informatics has been focused on the intersection between computer science and clinical medicine, whereas Bioinformatics have been predominantly centered on the intersection between computer science and biological research. Although researchers from both areas have occasionally collaborated, their training, objectives and interests have been quite different. The results of the Human Genome and related projects have attracted the interest of many professionals, and introduced new challenges that will transform biomedical research and health care. A characteristic of the 'post genomic' era will be to correlate essential genotypic information with expressed phenotypic information. In this context, Biomedical Informatics (BMI) has emerged to describe the technology that brings both disciplines (BI and MI) together to support genomic medicine. In recognition of the dynamic nature of BMI, institutions such as the EC have launched several initiatives in support of a research agenda, including the BIOINFOMED study.