Last update: July 2012

Focus:
The group operates as a ”think-tank” drawing together leading-edge expertise not only from across the medical documentation and medical informatics spectrum but also from other professions with relevant generic input to focus on selected topic areas in support of clinical and healthcare research and routine processes.

Objectives:

• To promote exchange of experience in development, implementation, education, and use of health record systems
• To promote exchange of standards in close co-operation with SDOs (standard development organisations) and institutions working in the field on national and European level.
• To investigate the needs, opportunities and obstacles for health information management.
• To disseminate results and experiences across EFMI members
• To facilitate access to European educational facilities and EFMI members

Activities

• Supporting activities of EFMI, its members (resp. their national societies) and IFHIMA-Europe, especially MIE and STC conferences.
• Organising workshops on national and European level
• Initiation of a Forum using internet and other publication media.
• Making educational and promotional material available
• Support of STC2012 in Moscow
• Support of ICICTH 2012 conference in Samos
• Preparation of IFHIMA (International Federation of HIM associations) 2013 conference in Montreal

Chair: Rolf Engelbrecht
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Co-chair:
Angelika Händel
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Last updated 17 July 2012