"Medical Informatics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine.
| Descriptor ID |
D008490
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.313.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Medical Informatics- Medical Informatics
- Health Informatics
- Informatics, Health
- Informatics, Medical
Medical Computer Science- Medical Computer Science
- Computer Science, Medical
- Medical Computer Sciences
- Science, Medical Computer
Health Information Technology- Health Information Technology
- Health Information Technologies
- Information Technology, Health
- Technology, Health Information
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medical Informatics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medical Informatics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Informatics" by people in Profiles.
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Zaidi M, Gazarian PK, Sheldon LK, Kragen B, Cooley ME, Li W, Enah C. Nurse PATHIT: An Adapted Framework for Nurse Support for Patient Activation Through Health Information Technology. J Adv Nurs. 2025 Aug; 81(8):5080-5091.
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Kunis S, H?nsch S, Schmidt C, Wong F, Strambio-De-Castillia C, Weidtkamp-Peters S. MDEmic: a metadata annotation tool to facilitate management of FAIR image data in the bioimaging community. Nat Methods. 2021 12; 18(12):1416-1417.
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Ryan J, Pengo T, Rigano A, Llopis PM, Itano MS, Cameron LA, Marqu?s G, Strambio-De-Castillia C, Sanders MA, Brown CM. MethodsJ2: a software tool to capture metadata and generate comprehensive microscopy methods text. Nat Methods. 2021 12; 18(12):1414-1416.
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Marquard J. Human Factors and Organizational Issues in Health Informatics: Innovations and Opportunities. Yearb Med Inform. 2021 Aug; 30(1):91-99.
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Gardiner P, Bickmore T, Yinusa-Nyahkoon L, Reichert M, Julce C, Sidduri N, Martin-Howard J, Woodhams E, Aryan J, Zhang Z, Fernandez J, Loafman M, Srinivasan J, Cabral H, Jack BW. Using Health Information Technology to Engage African American Women on Nutrition and Supplement Use During the Preconception Period. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020; 11:571705.
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Lee JL, Rawl SM, Dickinson S, Teal E, Baker LB, Lyu C, Tarver WL, Haggstrom DA. Communication About Health Information Technology Use Between Patients and Providers. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 09; 35(9):2614-2620.
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Finney Rutten LJ, Blake KD, Greenberg-Worisek AJ, Allen SV, Moser RP, Hesse BW. Online Health Information Seeking Among US Adults: Measuring Progress Toward a Healthy People 2020 Objective. Public Health Rep. 2019 Nov/Dec; 134(6):617-625.
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Greenberg-Worisek AJ, Kurani S, Finney Rutten LJ, Blake KD, Moser RP, Hesse BW. Tracking Healthy People 2020 Internet, Broadband, and Mobile Device Access Goals: An Update Using Data From the Health Information National Trends Survey. J Med Internet Res. 2019 06 24; 21(6):e13300.
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Jidkov L, Alexander M, Bark P, Williams JG, Kay J, Taylor P, Hemingway H, Banerjee A. Health informatics competencies in postgraduate medical education and training in the UK: a mixed methods study. BMJ Open. 2019 03 30; 9(3):e025460.
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Haggstrom DA, Lee JL, Dickinson SL, Kianersi S, Roberts JL, Teal E, Baker LB, Rawl SM. Rural and Urban Differences in the Adoption of New Health Information and Medical Technologies. J Rural Health. 2019 03; 35(2):144-154.