The
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
Society of Medical Informatics was founded in April 1987 by a group of
medical practitioner
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
s and
informatics
Informatics is the study of computational systems, especially those for data storage and retrieval. According to ACM ''Europe and'' ''Informatics Europe'', informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which ...
professionals with special interests in
medical informatics
Health informatics is the field of science and engineering that aims at developing methods and technologies for the acquisition, processing, and study of patient data, which can come from different sources and modalities, such as electronic hea ...
and
computing
Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and development of both hardware and software. Computing has scientific, e ...
and
communications
Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...
.
The society is a
non-profit
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organization registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee.
See also
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Health informatics
Health informatics is the field of science and engineering that aims at developing methods and technologies for the acquisition, processing, and study of patient data, which can come from different sources and modalities, such as electronic hea ...
*
Hospital Authority
The Hospital Authority is a statutory body managing all the government hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is under the governance of its board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Food and Health of the Hong Kong Government. ...
Further reading
The Development of eHealth in Hong Kong in the past 20 yearsMedical Informatics: The state of the art in the Hospital Authority
Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics. Conference No3, Hong Kong, HONG-KONG (27/09/2000 2001, vol. 62, no 2-3 (95 p.) (27 ref.), pp. 113–119
External links
*{{Official, www.hksmi.org
Hong Kong Academy of MedicineAsia Pacific Association for Medical InformaticsHong Kong Society for Medical Informatics
@ International Medical Informatics Association
The International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) is an independent organization that plays a role in promoting and furthering the application of information science in modern society, particularly in the fields of healthcare, bioscience ...
eHealth Consortium
Medical and health organisations based in Hong Kong
Health informatics and eHealth associations