title: An architecture for bridging between research and practical use in health informatics.
abstract: Health informatics is a true interdisciplinary research discipline combining computer engineering, health science and fields dealing with organisation and communication issues. Much of the research published within the area has a common goal: to develop optimal information systems for better access to relevant data, information, and knowledge in the health care sector. As a respond to existing discontinuity between research and practical use, we present an architecture for an interdisciplinary virtual organisation promoting synergy across health informatics environments including research, industry, clinical, and educational settings. A set of key lessons learned from a practical implementation of the architecture are reported.
authors.affiliation: Aalborg University, Denmark.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nøhr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vingtoft
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003199:Computer Systems; D003718:Denmark; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D016490:Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing; D012106:Research; D014584:User-Computer Interface