[Sig-l] SIGMED at ASIST Annual Meeting - Philadelphia

[Nancy G Blase]

SIGMED invites you to attend its sessions at ASIST Annual in Philadelphia 
   Monday,  Nov. 18, 3:30-5:00 PM and 
   Tuesday, Nov. 19, 8:30-10:00 AM.  
Hope you'll also attend the SIGMED planning session Monday at 5:00.

Data Mining for Health Care Professionals - Monday, Nov. 18, 3:30 to 5:00

With digitization of data, health care providers can collect and store
voluminous numbers of documents in databases, data warehouses and data
repositories.  One challenge posed by this new information environment is how
to interpret meaningful knowledge from the collection of data.  Data mining
methods yield unique approaches to discovering knowledge hidden in large
databases. If used correctly, data mining can provide an organization with
insight to its own internal intellectual assets.  Attendees will learn about
recent developments in the area of data exploration and key components of
setting up a successful data mining program.

Presenters
Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University, Public Health Interventions
Henry Small, ISI, Citation and Analysis of Medical Literature
Kathy Moeller , Atlantic Health System-Overlook Hospital,   Consumer Health
Information, What do we learn?
Dale Sanders, Intermountain Health Care, The Design, Development and
Utilization and Benefits of Data Warehouse of an Organization
Moderator: Y'vonne Gray, Pace University


The Structure of Medical Informatics - Tuesday, Nov, 19, 8:30 to 10:00 AM

As practitioners of medical informatics continue their attempts to agree on a
description of their field, a proposed consensus definition is now on the
table: "Medical informatics is the application of information science and
information technology to the theoretical and practical problems of biomedical
research, clinical practice and medical education."
Presenters will cover the nature and structure of medical informatics, its
research questions and interests, its relationship to other disciplines, how
and where the field borrows and lends concepts and theories from and to other
fields, and educational requirements of medical informatics researchers,
practitioners and knowledge workers.

Presenters
Milton Korn, MD, National Library of Medicine
Pat Molholt, Columbia University
Bonnie Kaplan, Yale University
Ellen Marks, Wayne State University
Moderator: Theodore Allan Morris, Kent State University


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Nancy G. Blase    Head, Natural Sciences Library
nblase at u.washington.edu       (206) 685-2132     FAX (206) 685-1665
Natural Sciences Library, University of Washington 
Box 352900 Seattle, WA 98195-2900
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