title: Translational research in medical informatics or from theory to practice. A call for an applied informatics journal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To bridge the divide between health informatics 'bench research' and the application of informatics in clinical and health care settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  Identifying weak points in translational activities, i.e. in the process from health informatics research outcomes to IT system design and information management in clinical practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The creation of a new peer-reviewed journal, designed to cultivate broad readership across health care, is suggested in order to communicate on informatics topics of translational interest and on the application of informatics principals. Such an applied informatics journal may appeal to practicing physicians, healthcare administrators and CIOs as well as medical informaticians. In a globalizing world with eHealth initiatives spanning across borders, such a journal should be an international effort. Close ties to the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) and to the journal Methods of Information in Medicine are suggested.
authors.forename: C U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Altuwaijri
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haux
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010380:Peer Review; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing