title: Society: the catalyst of health informatics.
abstract: The rapid progress in health informatics is motivating technical innovations globally in many fields like diagnostics, radiological information systems etc. In the middle of all these galloping advances, the need for integration of associated technologies is significant. In addition, fully concerted functioning of the associated healthcare professionals, with attention to certain sections of society deserves a special emphasis. This paper highlights the allied groups of people; key interaction challenges and suggests the cadence through which the fruits of their efforts directly reach the ordinary citizen.
authors.affiliation: Member, IEEE (e-mail: gvaranasi@ieee.org).
authors.forename: Gomata
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varanasi