title: Ten years of medical informatics. Introduction.
abstract: The discussions of the Tenth Anniversary of the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC) are summarized. Eight different subject areas are addressed: Medical informatics and medical education; Decision making, medical artificial intelligence, modelling and simulations; Image processing, 3-D graphics, and computer networks; Reimbursement policy, legal and regulatory issues; Encoding and representation of medical meaning; Ambulatory medical records systems; Hospital information systems; and Software environments for developing medical information systems. The activities of the 10th SCAMC consisted of Tutorials, Panel Discussions, a Plenary Session, Scientific Demonstrations, and an International Student Paper Competition in Medical Informatics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Orthner
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D004501:Education, Medical; D007256:Information Systems / Q000639:trends; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D008499:Medical Records; D012984:Software; D009626:Terminology as Topic