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The Clinical Informatics Wiki -- Clinfowiki

The Clinical Informatics Wiki is version of a wikipedia devoted to topics in clinical informatics.

Please see documentation on customizing the interface and the User's Guide for usage and configuration help.

You can test your edits as much as you want in the Sandbox.

We are currently working on 1,581 articles, and we need your help to complete this study of Clinical Informatics. See Special:Statistics for more complete information on the site.

Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems

Computer-based Provider Order Entry -- CPOE

Clinical Decision Support -- CDS

Personal Health Records -- PHRs

Blueprint for a Comprehensive HIT System

Biobanking -- a.k.a. Biorepositories or Tissue Banks

Key Challenges to Biobanking

  1. Anonymizing, or de-identifying, samples to protect patient privacy
  2. Standardizing sample preparation, storage protocols
  3. Enabling interoperability and data exchange between biobanks
  4. Resolving issues such as who owns and controls specimens and refining informed consent practices as biobanking expands

Regional Health Information Organizations -- RHIOs

Evidence-Based Medicine -- EBM

U.S. Federal Health Information Technology Initiatives


International views

BlogPosium April 2006

External Links