Reflections on biomedical informatics: From cybernetics to genomic medicine and nanomedicine

Victor Maojo, Casimir A. Kulikowski

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

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Abstract

Expanding on our previous analysis of Biomedical Informatics (BMI), the present perspective ranges from cybernetics to nanomedicine, based on its scientific, historical, philosophical, theoretical, experimental, and technological aspects as they affect systems developments, simulation and modelling, education, and the impact on healthcare. We then suggest that BMI is still searching for strong basic scientific principles around which it can crystallize. As -omic biological knowledge increasingly impacts the future of medicine, ubiquitous computing and informatics become even more essential, not only for the technological infrastructure, but as a part of the scientific enterprise itself. The Virtual Physiological Human and investigations into nanomedicine will surely produce yet more unpredictable opportunities, leading to significant changes in biomedical research and practice. As a discipline involved in making such advances possible, BMI is likely to need to re-define itself and extend its research horizons to meet the new challenges.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationUbiquity
Subtitle of host publicationTechnologies for Better Health in Aging Societies - Proceedings of MIE 2006
PublisherIOS Press
Pages19-24
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)1586036475, 9781586036478
StatePublished - 2006
Event20th International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics, MIE 2006 - Maastricht, Netherlands
Duration: Aug 27 2006Aug 30 2006

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume124

Other

Other20th International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics, MIE 2006
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityMaastricht
Period8/27/068/30/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

Keywords

  • Bioinformatics
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Medical Informatics
  • Nanomedicine
  • Ontologies
  • Virtual Physiological Human

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