title: Health informatics: moving from a discipline to a science.
abstract: This paper examines the historical definitions of Health (Biomedical) Informatics. It is clear that a majority of the definitions refer to Health Informatics as a discipline. Rather it can be argued that the maturation of Health Informatics is beginning to culminate in a distinct science. This progress need to be reflected in academic programs as well as our conferences and publications.
authors: School of Health Information Science, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. james.p.turley@uth.tmc.edu
authors: James P
authors: JP
authors: Turley
mesh_terms: D008490:Medical Informatics; D012586:Science