A Scientific Mind Embraces Medicine: Donald Lindberg's Education and Early Career

Lawrence C. Kingsland, Casimir A. Kulikowski

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Abstract

As a young pathologist, Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., tirelessly sought scientific solutions to clinical and research problems. Directing several clinical laboratories at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Dr. Lindberg developed the world's first computerized laboratory information system, speeding analysis and reporting. He directed his team in building computer systems to help clinicians retrieve medical knowledge, enable patients to find information about personal or family health issues, and provide expert automated assistance to physicians in reaching differential diagnoses outside their specialties. Developing superior functionalities with the limited information technologies of the time, Dr. Lindberg's pioneering work in Columbia foreshadowed his subsequent inspired leadership as Director of the United States National Library of Medicine.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationTransforming Biomedical Informatics and Health Information Access
Subtitle of host publicationDon Lindberg and the U.S. National Library of Medicine
EditorsBetsy L. Humphreys, Robert A. Logan, Randolph A. Miller, Elliot R. Siegel
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages12-22
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9781643682389
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume288

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

Keywords

  • AI/COAG
  • AI/RHEUM
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • CONSIDER
  • Computers in Medicine
  • Donald A.B. Lindberg
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Laboratory Information Systems
  • Regional Medical Program
  • University of Missouri-Columbia

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