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- 1 3. Additional resources for selecting and implementing informatics solutions - Part 3: Industry and community resources
3. Additional resources for selecting and implementing informatics solutions - Part 3: Industry and community resources
3.6 Trade organizations
Trade organizations and associations help bring people in similar industries or with similar goals together to learn and share ideas, improve their industry, and gain insights into the newest technologies and procedures. The following represent organizations, associations, and other groups dedicated to not only medical fields but also the application of technology and informatics in medicine.
- African Networks for Health Research & Development (AFRO-NETS)
- Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI)
- American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems (AAIHDS)
- American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA)
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation
- American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
- American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)
- American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD)
- American Society of Health Informatics Managers (ASHIM)
- American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
- ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB)
- Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM)
- Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI)
- Association for Clinical Data Management (ACDM)
- Association for Pathology Informatics (API)
- Association for Veterinary Informatics (AVI)
- Association of Clinical Scientists (ACS)
- Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS)
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
- Australasian College of Health Informatics (ACHI)
- Australasian Telehealth Society (ATHS)
- Australian Health Informatics Education Council (AHIEC)
- Belgian Medical Informatics Association (MIM)
- Bioinformatics Institute of India (BII)
- Bioinformatics Organization
- British Computer Society Health Scotland
- Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA)
- Canadian Nursing Informatics Association (CNIA)
- Child Health Informatics Center (CHIC)
- Chinese Health Information Standardization Society (CHISS)
- Clinical Informatics Research and Development (CIRD)
- College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
- Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM)
- Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA)
- Computers in Cardiology
- Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT)
- Czech Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics ( ČLS)
- Ear-Nose-Throat Informatics Society (ENTIS-J)
- eHealth Initiative (eHI)
- EMBnet - The Global Bioinformatics Network
- Emergency Informatics Association (EIA)
- European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI)
- European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL)
- European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM)
- European Society for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME)
- EUROREC Institute
- Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP):
- Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society (FHTS)
- Global Observatory for eHealth (GOE)
- Global Organisation for Bioinformatics Learning, Education & Training (GOBLET)
- Health Informatics in Africa (HELINA)
- Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ)
- Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA)
- Health Informatics Society of Nigeria (HISN)
- Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA)
- Health Level Seven International (HL7)
- Health On the Net Foundation (HON)
- Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI)
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- HIMSS EHR Association (HIMSS EHRA)
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS)
- IHE International
- Indian Association for Medical Informatics (IAMA)
- Initiative for Parallel Bioinformatics (IPAB)
- Institute of Health Records & Information Management (IHRIM)
- International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA)
- International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO)
- International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
- International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER)
- International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB)
- International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
- IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science
- Japan Association for Medical Informatics (JAMI)
- Japan Association for Medical Informatics - Nursing Informatics (JAMI-NI)
- Japan Association for Clinical Laboratory Science (JCLS)
- Japan Society of Health Information Management (JHIM)
- Japanese Society for Bioinformatics (JSBi)
- Japanese Society of Drug Informatics (JASDI)
- Markle Foundation
- Medical Computer Society of India (MCSI)
- Medical Informatics and Technology Applications Consortium (MedITAC)
- Medical Library Association (MLA)
- Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA)
- MedTech Europe
- Middle East Association for Health Informatics (MEAHI)
- National Academies
- National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
- National Institutes of Health Informatics (NIHI)
- The NELAC Institute
- New England Nursing Informatics Consortium (NENIC)
- Nursing Specialist Group (NSG)
- Ontario Nursing Informatics Group (ONIG)
- OpenClinical
- openEHR Foundation
- OSCAR Canada Users' Society (OCUS)
- Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM)
- Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS)
- Swedish Association of Medical Informatics (SFMI)
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)
- Ukrainian Association for Computer Medicine (UACM)
- University hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN)
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3.7 Conferences and trade shows
Conferences
Conference | Country | City (State) | Month / Day(s) | Year | Organizer | Details |
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ACM-BCB 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 08 / 1–4 | 2021 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | An annual conference on bioinformatics, computational biology, and health informatics |
ACM SIGCOMM 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 08 / Unknown | 2021 | Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM's) Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) | An annual international meeting of the ACM SIGCOMM on the topic of computer and data communication networks and their "architecture, design, implementation, operations, analysis, measurement, and simulation" (alternate URL) |
AIME 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 06 / 16–19 | 2021 | European Society for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME) | A biennial international conference on AI techniques in medical research and care for AIME |
AMIA 2021 Annual Symposium | United States | San Diego (California) | 10 / 30 – 11 / 03 | 2021 | American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) | An annual biomedical and informatics symposium for the AMIA |
AMIA Informatics Summit 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 03 / 22–25 | 2021 | American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) | Annual summit on bioinformatics, translational research, and other aspects of data science |
ANIA 2021 Conference | United States | San Diego (California) | 04 / 08–10 | 2021 | American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) | An annual informatics conference for the ANIA |
APHL 2021 | United States | Cleveland (Ohio) | 05 / 17–20 | 2021 | Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) | An annual public health conference for the APHL |
Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology | ONLINE | ONLINE | 05 / 05–07 | 2021 | Wellcome Genome Campus | An annual conference "focusing on the implications of data-driven genomics approaches in public health settings" |
ASCLD 2021 Symposium | United States | Boston (Massachusetts) | 04 / 11–15 | 2021 | American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) | An annual symposium concerning "the day-to-day operation of a crime laboratory" for the ASCLD |
ASIS&T 2021 Annual Meeting | United States | Salt Lake City (Utah) | 10 / 30 – 11 / 02 | 2021 | Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) | An annual information science and technology conference for the ASIS&T |
Bio-IT World Conference and Expo 2021 | United States | Boston (Massachusetts) | 09 / 20–22 | 2021 | Cambridge Healthtech Institute | An annual medical and biomedical informatics conference and exhibition |
BIOSTEC 2021 | Austria | Vienna | 02 / 11–13 | 2021 | Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication | An annual multi-conference on "theoretical advances and applications of information systems, artificial intelligence, signal processing, electronics and other engineering tools in knowledge areas related to biology and medicine" |
BIOTECHNO 2021 | Spain | Valencia | 05 / 30 – 06 / 03 | 2021 | International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA) | An international conference on bioinformatics, biocomputational systems, and biotechnologies |
C3DIS 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 05 / Unknown | 2021 | Conference Design Pty. Ltd. | An Australasian conference on "the production of breakthrough science outcomes that require large scale, complex computations and analyses to be carried out over massive data sets" |
Computing in Cardiology | Czech Republic | Brno | 09 / 12–15 | 2021 | Computers in Cardiology, Inc. | An international conference on computing in clinical cardiology and cardiovascular physiology |
Context Sensitive Health Informatics (CSHI) 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 08 / Unknown | 2021 | European Federation for Medical Informatics | A biennial international conference on health information technologies and their environments |
Digital Health & Care Scotland 2021 | Scotland | Edinburgh | 02 / 24–25 | 2021 | Holyrood Connect | An annual national conference for sharing digital health successes and lessons learned |
Digital Health Institute Summit 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 10 / Unknown | 2021 | Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) | A national conference for the Australasian Institute of Digital Health |
e-Health 2021 (Toronto) | Canada | Toronto (Ontario) | 05 / 30 – 06 / 02 | 2021 | Canada Health Infoway (CHI); Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association | A national conference on eHealth and medical informatics |
EAI Healthware 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 12 / Unknown | 2021 | European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) | A triennial international conference of the "key issues, opportunities and obstacles for personal health data research" |
EMBC’21 | Mexico | Guadalajara | 07 / 26–30 | 2021 | The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBC) | An annual international conference of the IEEE EMBC |
EMBnet AGM 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 10 / Unknown | 2021 | EMBnet, The Global Bioinformatics Network | An annual conference on bioinformatics for EMBnet |
EuroIA 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 09 / Unknown | 2021 | EuroIA Organizing Committee | An annual European conference on information architecture and informatics |
EXPO.health 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 09 / Unknown | 2021 | Healthcare Scene | An annual conference "focused on improving healthcare through technology collaboration" |
FOIS 2021 | Italy | Bozen-Bolzano | 09 / 13–16 | 2021 | The International Association for Ontology and its Applications (IAOA) | A biennial conference on formal ontology and information systems |
Future Laboratory Informatics Forum | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2021 | IQPC | An annual European conference on laboratory informatics |
Health Datapalooza 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 02 / 16–18 | 2021 | AcademyHealth | A conference on "creating knowledge from data and pioneering innovations that drive health policy and practice" |
HEALTHINF 2021 | Austria | Vienna | 02 / 11–13 | 2021 | Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC) | An annual international conference on health informatics |
HIMAA 2021 | Australia | Unknown | 10 / Unknown | 2021 | The Health Information Management Association Australia (HIMAA) | An annual health informatics conference for HIMAA |
HIMSS 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 08 / 09–13 | 2021 | The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) | An annual health informatics conference for HIMSS |
HIMSS Europe 2021 | Finland | Helsinki | 06 / 07–10 | 2021 | Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) Europe | An annual international conference of HIMSS Europe |
HINZ 2021 | New Zealand | Wellington | 11 / 29 – 12 / 01 | 2021 | Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) | An annual health informatics conference for HINZ |
HIS 2021 | Australia | Melbourne | 10 / Unknown | 2021 | HIS (Health Information Science) Organizing Committee | An annual international conference on health informatics |
HPCS 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2021 | HPCS Organizing Committee | An annual international conference on high-performance and large-scale computing systems |
ICIMTH 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 07 / Unknown | 2021 | ICIMTH Organizing Committee | An annual international conference on biomedical, clinical, and other types of informatics |
ICSITech 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 10 / Unknown | 2021 | ICSITech Organizing Committee | An annual international conference on all aspects of knowledge management |
ICKM 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 12 / Unknown | 2021 | ICKM Organizing Committee | An annual international conference on on scientific developments in information technology and knowledge management |
IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 11 / Unknown | 2021 | IEEE | An annual international conference on scientific developments in clinical information technology |
IFHIMA Congress 2022 | Australia | Brisbane (Queensland) | 11 / Unknown | 2022 | The International Federation of Health Information Management Associations (IFHIMA) and the Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) | A triennial international health information management congress for IFHIMA |
Inform 2021 Waters Informatics Users Conference | Unknown | Unknown | 05 / Unknown | 2021 | Waters Corporation | An annual user conference of Waters' informatics products |
INFORMATIK 2021 | Germany | Berlin | 09 / 27 – 10 / 01 | 2021 | Gesellschaft für Informatik | An annual national conference on informatics |
Information Architecture Conference 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 04 / 19–30 | 2021 | IA Institute | An annual information architecture and informatics summit |
International Conference on Algorithms for Computational Biology (AICoB) | United States | Missoula (Montana) | 06 / 7–11 | 2021 | Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice | An annual international conference on "research using string and graph algorithms and combinatorial optimization to deal with problems in biological sequence analysis, genome rearrangement, phylogeny reconstruction, and structure prediction" |
International Conference on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics | Unknown | Unknown | 09 / Unknown | 2021 | OMICS Group | An annual international conference on biostatistics and bioinformatics |
International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics 2021 (ICBHI) | Turkey | Istanbul | 07 / 29–30 | 2021 | International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering and others | An international conference on biomedical and health informatics |
International Conference on Brain Informatics 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 03 / 15–16 | 2021 | World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology | An international conference that "aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of brain informatics" |
International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM) | Unknown | Unknown | 11 / Unknown | 2021 | ICDIM Organizing Committee | An annual international conference on digital information management, science, and technology |
International Conference on Health and Medical Informatics Systems 2021 | ONLINE | Singapore | 07 / 05–06 | 2021 | World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology | An annual international conference on health informatics |
International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO) 2021 | France | Paris | 07 / 06–08 | 2021 | Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication | An annual international conference on the "application of informatics to control, automation, and robotics" |
International Conference on Medical Informatics & Telemedicine | Unknown | Unknown | 07 / Unknown | 2021 | OMICS Group | An annual international conference on medical informatics and its applications to telemedicine |
International Conference on Proteomics, Genomics and Bioinformatics | France | Paris | 04 / 12–13 | 2021 | OMICS Group | An annual international conference on proteomics and bioinformatics |
ISBER 2021 | United States | Atlanta (Georgia) | 05 / 10–14 | 2021 | International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) | An annual international conference for ISBER |
ISC'21 | Germany | Frankfurt (Hesse) | 06 / 27 – 07/ 01 | 2021 | Prometeus | An annual international conference on high-performance computing |
ISCB 2022 | Unknown | Unknown | 08 / Unknown | 2022 | International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB) | An annual international conference for the ISCB |
ISCB Africa ASBCB 2021 | Unknown | Unknown | 11 / Unknown | 2021 | International Society for Computational Biology and the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | A biennial national meeting on bioinformatics |
ISMB / ECCB 2021 | France | Lyon | 07 / 25–29 | 2021 | International Society for Computational Biology | An annual international bioinformatics and computational biology conference |
ITCH 2021 | Canada | Victoria (British Columbia) | 02 / Unknown | 2021 | University of Victoria | A biennial national conference on information and communication technologies' impact on healthcare |
LabWare 2021 Africa Customer Education Conference | South Africa | George | 09 / 13–17 | 2021 | LabWare, Inc. | An annual LabWare customer education conference for the Africa region |
LabWare 2021 Asia Pacific Customer Education Conference | Unknown | Unknown | 08 / Unknown | 2021 | LabWare, Inc. | An annual LabWare customer education conference for the Asia Pacific region |
LabWare 2021 China Customer Education Conference | China | Unknown | 09 / Unknown | 2021 | LabWare, Inc. | An annual LabWare customer education conference for the China region |
LabWare 2021 European Customer Education Conference | Unknown | Unknown | 06 / Unknown | 2021 | LabWare, Inc. | An annual LabWare customer education conference for the European region |
LabWare 2020 Latin American Customer Education Conference | Unknown | Unknown | 10 / Unknown | 2021 | LabWare, Inc. | An annual LabWare customer education conference for the Latin American region |
LabWare 2021 North American Customer Education Conference | Unknown | Unknown | 04 / Unknown | 2021 | LabWare, Inc. | An annual LabWare customer education conference for the North American region |
LIMS-Forum 2021 | Germany | Unknown | 11 / Unknown | 2021 | International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC) | An annual forum on laboratory informatics |
MedInfo 2021 | Australia | Sydney (New South Wales) | 08 / 21–25 | 2021 | International Medical Informatics Association | A biennial international congress on medical and health informatics |
MedTech Conference, The | Unknown | Unknown | 10 / Unknown | 2021 | AdvaMed | An annual conference on medical informatics and technology |
MIE 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 05 / 29–31 | 2021 | European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) | An annual European conference on medical informatics |
NAHDO Annual Conference | Unknown | Unknown | 08 / Unknown | 2021 | National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) | An annual health informatics conference for NAHDO |
NextGen Omics Series UK | United Kingdom | London | 11 / 04–05 | 2021 | Oxford Global Conferences | An annual European congress on NGS technologies, data analysis, and clinical applications |
Paperless Lab Academy 2021 | Italy | Baveno | 04 / 27–28 | 2021 | Industrial Lab Automation | An annual conference on the paperless laboratory |
Pathology Informatics 2021 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 05 / 05–07 | 2021 | University of Pittsburgh and the Association for Pathology Informatics (API) | An annual educational conference on pathology informatics |
PharmaTec Series | United Kingdom | London | 09 / 08–09 | 2021 | Oxford Global Conferences | An annual European congress on the role of technology on the pharmaceutical sector |
Physician-Computer Connection Annual Symposium | ONLINE | ONLINE | 06 / 08–11 | 2021 | Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems | An annual national symposium on physician use of healthcare information systems and technology |
Pittcon | United States | New Orleans (Louisiana) | 03 / 06–10 | 2021 | The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy | An annual international conference and expo on laboratory science |
RDAP21 | ONLINE | ONLINE | 03 / 10–12 | 2021 | Research Data Access & Preservation Association | An annual research data access and preservation summit |
Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Annual Conference | United States | Snowmass Village (Colorado) | 12 / Unknown | 2021 | International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) | An annual conference for the ISCB |
SC21 | United States | St. Loius (Missouri) | 11 / 14–19 | 2021 | HPC Interconnections | An annual international supercomputing conference |
SIGKDD 2021 | Singapore | Singapore | 08 / 14–18 | 2021 | KDD 2021 Organizing Committee | An annual conference on data mining and big data |
SIIM 2021 Annual Meeting | ONLINE | ONLINE | 05 / 24–27 | 2021 | Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine | An annual conference on imaging informatics and technology |
SLAS2022 | Unknown | Unknown | 01 / Unknown | 2022 | Society for Laboratory Automation & Screening (SLAS) | An annual conference and exhibition about laboratory automation for SLAS |
SmartLab Exchange Europe | Germany | Berlin | 02 / 15–16 | 2021 | IQPC Exchange and the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC) | A European conference on informatics in R&D and manufacturing |
Software Design for Medical Devices Global Annual Summit | Germany | Berlin | 02 / 17–20 | 2021 | International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC) | An annual conference on software for medical device manufacturers |
State Healthcare IT Connect Summit 2021 | United States | Unknown | Unknown | 2021 | National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) | An annual summit for those managing state health IT systems |
Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI) 2021 | United States | Baltimore (Maryland) | 07 / Unknown | 2021 | University of Maryland School of Nursing | An annual national nursing informatics conference |
Trade shows
Trade show | Country | City (State) | Month / Day(s) | Year | Organizer | Details |
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Analitica Latin America | Brazil | São Paulo | 09 / 28–30 | 2021 | NürnbergMesse Brasil | A biennial international exhibition for laboratory technology, analyses, biotechnology, and quality control |
analytica | Germany | Munich (Bavaria) | Unknown | 2022 | Messe München | A biennial international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, and biotechnology |
Analiza | Israel | Tel-Aviv | 05 / Unknown | 2022 | STIER | A biennial international trade fair for laboratory technology, equipment, and instrumentation |
analytica Anacon India - Hyderabad | India | Hyderabad (Telangana) | 09 / 23–25 | 2021 | Messe München | A biannual international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, and biotechnology |
analytica Anacon India - Mumbai | India | Mumbai (Maharashtra) | 04 / Unknown | 2022 | Messe München | An annual international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, and biotechnology |
analytica China | China | Shanghai | Unknown | 2022 | Messe München | A biennial international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, and biotechnology |
analytica Vietnam | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | 10 / 07–09 | 2021 | Messe München | A biennial international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, and biotechnology |
ARABLAB 2021 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 11 / 15–17 | 2021 | The ARABLAB Group, Scientific International Exhibitions Ltd. | An annual international laboratory and instrumentation tech trade fair |
Belarus Medica 2021 | Belarus | Minsk | 05 / 18–21 | 2021 | Technics And Communications Jsc | A medical exhibition featuring all major branches of medicine |
CISILE 2021 | China | Beijing | 05 / 10–12 | 2021 | China Instrument Manufacturers Association | An annual international scientific instrument and laboratory equipment exhibition |
Clinical Lab Expo 2021 | United States | Chicago (Illinois) | 12 / Unknown | 2021 | AACC | An annual exhibition of clinical laboratory products and services |
DMEA 2021 | Germany | Berlin (Berlin) | 06 / 08–10 | 2021 | Messe Berlin | An annual European exhibition on healthcare IT (formerly Connecting Healthcare IT) |
Expomed Eurasia 2021 | Turkey | Istanbul | 06 / 03–05 | 2021 | Reed Tüyap Exhibitions Inc. | An annual international trade fair for the healthcare industry (formerly LabtechMED Eurasia) |
Forensics Europe Expo 2021 | England | London | 09 / 14–16 | 2021 | Clarion Defence and Security Limited | An annual trade fair and conference for anything related to forensic science |
Forum LABO Lyon 2022 | France | Lyon | 10 / Unknown | 2022 | Comité Interprofessionnel des Fournisseurs du Laboratoire (CIFL) | A biennial European exhibition focused on laboratory professionals from multiple sectors |
Forum LABO Paris 2021 | France | Paris | 10 / 05–07 | 2021 | Comité Interprofessionnel des Fournisseurs du Laboratoire (CIFL) | A biennial European exhibition focused on laboratory professionals from multiple sectors |
Hospital Expo - Indonesia 2021 | Indonesia | Jakarta | Unknown | 2021 | PT. Okta Sejahtera Insani | An annual international exhibition on hospital, medical, clinical, and pharmaceutical equipment and technologies |
Hospital Expo - Medan 2021 | Indonesia | Medan | Unknown | 2021 | PT. Okta Sejahtera Insani | An annual international exhibition on hospital, medical, clinical, and pharmaceutical equipment and technologies |
Hospital Expo - Surabaya 2021 | Indonesia | Surabaya | Unknown | 2021 | PT. Okta Sejahtera Insani | An annual international exhibition on hospital, medical, clinical, and pharmaceutical equipment and technologies |
ILMAC 2021 | Switzerland | Basel | 09 / 19–21 | 2021 | MCH Group AG | A biennial trade fair for process and laboratory technology |
ILMAC Luasanne 2022 | Switzerland | Luasanne | Unknown | 2022 | MCH Group AG | A biennial trade fair for process and laboratory technology |
India Lab Expo 2021 - Hyderabad | India | Hyderabad (Telangana) | 09 / 23–25 | 2021 | Messe München | An annual trade show on laboratory and bioinformatics |
India Lab Expo 2020 - Mumbai | India | Mumbai (Maharashtra) | 04 / 15–16 | 2021 | Messe München | An annual trade show on laboratory and bioinformatics |
Infosecurity Europe 2021 | England | London | 06 / 08–10 | 2021 | Reed Exhibitions Limited | An annual European information security exhibition |
Interlab Africa 2021 | Algeria | Alger | 12 / 04–06 | 2021 | ATEX International Exhibitions | An annual African exhibition for laboratory technology |
INTERPHEX 2021 | United States | New York City (New York) | 10 / 19–21 | 2021 | Reed Exhibitions | An annual pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical trade show |
JASIS 2021 | Japan | Chiba | 11 / 08–10 | 2021 | Japan Analytical Instruments Manufacturers' Association | An annual national trade show on analytical and scientific systems and solutions |
Korea Lab 2021 | South Korea | Seoul | 05 / 25–28 | 2021 | Kyungyon Exhibition Corp. | An annual national trade show on laboratory and biotechnology |
LabComplEX 2021 | Ukraine | Berezivka | 10 / 19–21 | 2021 | ExpoForum, LLC | An annual national trade show on laboratory and biotechnology |
Lab Expo - Cambodia | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Unknown | 2021 | Minh Vi Exhibition & Advertisement Services Co., Ltd. | An annual national trade show on laboratory and biotechnology |
Lab Expo - Myanmar | Myanmar | Yangon | Unknown | 2021 | Minh Vi Exhibition & Advertisement Services Co., Ltd. | An annual national trade show on laboratory and biotechnology |
Lab Indonesia 2021 | Indonesia | Jakarta | 09 / 01–03 | 2021 | Informa PLC | An annual national trade fair for the laboratory sector |
Lab Innovations 2021 | United Kingdom | Birmingham | 11 / 03–04 | 2021 | EasyFairs UK Ltd. | An annual European trade fair for the laboratory sector |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Berlin | Germany | Berlin (Berlin) | 08 / 17 | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Dresden | Germany | Dresden (Saxony) | 09 / 21 | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Hamburg | Germany | Hamburg (Hamburg) | 10 / Unknown | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Hanover | Germany | Hanover (Lower Saxony) | 06 / 24 | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Main in Frankfurt | Germany | Frankfurt (Hesse) | 06 / 09 | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Münster | Germany | Münster (North Rhine-Westphalia) | 11 / 17 | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Rhein in Leverkusen | Germany | Leverkusen (North Rhine-Westphalia) | 11 / Unknown | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Rhein in Leverkusen | Germany | Sindelfingen (Baden-Württemberg) | 10 / 20 | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LAB-SUPPLY 2021 Regional Fair - Wien | Austria | Vienna | 10 / 07 | 2021 | Vogel Communications Group GmbH & Co. KG | An annual regional trade fair for instrumental analytics, laboratory technology, laboratory chemicals, and biotechnology |
LabAsia 2021 | Malaysia | Kuala Lampur | 10 / 19–21 | 2021 | Informa PLC | An annual regional trade fair and conference for the laboratory sector |
Laborama 2021 | Belgium | Bruxelles | 06 / Unknown | 2021 | Laborama vzw-asbl | An annual European trade fair for the laboratory sector |
LABVOLUTION 2021 | Germany | Hannover (Lower Saxony) | 09 / 07–09 | 2021 | Deutsche Messe | A biennial international trade fair for the biotechnology, life sciences, and laboratory tech communities |
MEDIDENT 2021 | Serbia | Belgrade | 10 / 7–9 | 2021 | Belgrade Fair | An annual international exhibition of medical, laboratory, pharmaceutical, dental, and veterinary equipment, instruments, and services |
MEDLAB Asia Pacific 2021 | Thailand | Bangkok | 08 / 04–06 | 2021 | Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions | An annual international laboratory exhibition and congress |
Philippines Lab Expo 2021 | Philippines | Manila | 07 / 14–16 | 2021 | Fireworks Exhibitions and Conferences | An annual national laboratory exhibition |
Rommedica 2021 | Romania | Bucharest | Unknown | 2021 | ROMEXPO | An annual international trade fair for medical instruments and equipment |
Sri Lanka Lab Expo 2021 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | Unknown | 2021 | S D Promo Media Pvt. Ltd. | An annual national trade fair for laboratory and biotechnology |
Thailand Lab International 2021 | Thailand | Bangkok | 09 / 01–03 | 2021 | VNU Exhibitions Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. | An annual international trade fair for analytical laboratory equipment & technology, biotechnology & life sciences, and chemicals & safety |
Tbilisi Health Forum 2021 | Georgia | Tbilisi | 11 / Unknown | 2021 | ExpoGeorgia Co | An annual international trade fair for medical technology, laboratory equipment, dentistry, pharmaceuticals, optics, and hospital equipment (formerly Caucasus Healthcare) |
World of Technology & Science 2021 | The Netherlands | Utrecht | 09 / Unknown | 2021 | FHI Federation of Technology Branches | A biennial international trade fair for industrial electronics, industrial automation, and laboratory technology |
3.8 User communities
The following user communities (in the form of forums, discussion boards, email discussion lists, etc.) are known to provide a space for medical diagnostic and research personnel to discuss their work:
- AAPC Medical Billing and Coding Forum
- AmericanEHR
- ASCLS Open Forum
- BCS Health Informatics Forum on LinkedIn
- Forens-L Email Discussion List
- Health Informatics Forum
- IAMA Email Discussion Lists
- JISCMail's industry-specific mailing lists
- Laboratory LOINC
- Laboratory Research & Innovation Group on LinkedIn
- LabWrench
- LIMS/Laboratory Informatics group on LinkedIn
- LIMSforum
- PathLabTalk
Reddit-based communities
3.9 Books and journals
Books
Hundred of books concerning medical- and research-based laboratory science—as well as laboratory informatics—have been published over the past several decades. As such, it's difficult to make specific recommendations, at least without context. However, professional organizations are quite proficient in making such recommendations through their reading libraries and accreditation programs. For example, the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science maintains a three-page list of reference textbooks that are useful for their Medical Laboratory Technologist examination. The American Society for Clinical Pathology has its own publication division, with more than 60 in-house books published on various elements of pathology and laboratory science. The American Association for Clinical Chemistry has a similar library, as does the American Public Health Association, the American Society for Microbiology, and the American College of Physicians.
For medical informatics books, you could turn to the community recommendations made over at the Health Informatics Forum. The Amazon-associated BookAuthority has a section for medical informatics, though it's not clear how rigorous their ratings system is. Universities such as the University of Illinois-Chicago also may offer book recommendations.
Journals
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3.10 Standards, regulations, and guidance
The following represent some of the major instances of standards, regulations, and guidance documents affecting how medical diagnostic and research laboratories should operate. This collection doesn't represent every possibility but covers most of the significant options. In a few cases (e.g., the CLSI), there were too many items to list, and a link to the associated items was included instead.
Accreditation requirements
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Guidelines and recommendations
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Regulations and legal requirements
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Standards and specifications
Though not listed below, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has a mountain of standards for laboratories (though pricey). There are too many to list here, so see their standards repository on their website. Similarly, ASTM International has many other informatics standards that may apply to laboratories. See their Committee E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy and Separation Science and Committee E31 on Healthcare Informatics for more standards.
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3.11 LIMSpec
LIMSpec is an ever-evolving set of software user requirements specifications for laboratory informatics systems. The specification has grown significantly from its humble origins over a decade ago. Earlier versions of LIMSpec focused on a mix of both regulatory requirements and clients' "wishlist" features for a given system. The wishlist items haven't necessarily been ignored by developers, but they do in fact have to be prioritized by the potential buyer as "nice to have" or "essential to system operation," or something in between.[1][2][3] This latest version is different, focusing strictly on a regulatory-, standards-, and guidance-based approach to building a specification document for laboratory informatics systems.At its core, LIMSpec is rooted in ASTM E1578-18 Standard Guide for Laboratory Informatics. With the latest version released in 2018, the standard includes an updated Laboratory Informatics Functional Requirements checklist, which "covers functionality common to the various laboratory informatics systems discussed throughout [the] guide as well as requirements recommended as part of [the] guide." It goes on to state that the checklist "is an example of typical requirements that can be used to guide the purchase, upgrade, or development of a laboratory informatics system," though it is certainly "not meant to be exhaustive."
LIMSpec borrows from that requirements checklist and then adds more to it from a wide variety of sources. An attempt has been made to find the most relevant regulations, standards, and guidance that shape how a compliant laboratory informatics system is developed and maintained. However, the LIMSpec should also definitely be considered a continual work in progress, with more to be added as new pertinent regulations, standards, and guidance are discovered.
If you've never worked with a user requirements specification document, the concept remains relatively simple to grasp. Merriam-Webster defines a "specification" as "a detailed precise presentation of something or of a plan or proposal for something."[4] Within this organized "plan or proposal" are requirements. A requirement typically comes in the form of a statement that begins with "the system/user/vendor shall/should ..." and focuses on a provided service, reaction to input, or expected behavior in a given situation. The statement may be abstract (high-level), or it may be specific and detailed to a precise function. The statement may also be of a functional nature, describing functionality or services in detail, or of a non-functional nature, describing the constraints of a given functionality or service and how it's rendered.
An example of a functional software requirement could be "the user shall be able to query either all of the initial set of databases or select a subset from it." This statement describes specific functionality the system should have. On the other hand, a non-functional requirement, for example, may state "the system's query tool shall conform to the ABC 123-2014 standard." The statement describes a constraint placed upon the system's query functionality. Once compiled, a set of requirements can serve not only to strengthen the software requirements specification, but the requirements set can also be used for bidding on a contract or serve as the basis for a specific contract that is being finalized.[5]
The next chapter discusses the user requirements specification, using LIMSpec as an example. You'll learn how to shape such a specification to your laboratory's needs, how to issue the specification as a request for information (RFI), and how to get the most out of it when getting decision-related information from vendors. Additionally, in Appendix 1, you'll find a blank version of LIMSpec for practical use, as well as a completed example of LIMSpec to better understand how vendor responses should look.
References
- ↑ Aasem, M.; Ramzan, M.; Jaffar, A. (2010). "Analysis and optimization of software requirements prioritization techniques". Proceedings from the 2010 International Conference on Information and Emerging Technologies: 1–6. doi:10.1109/ICIET.2010.5625687.
- ↑ Hirsch, J. (22 November 2013). "10 Steps To Successful Requirements Gathering". Phase2 Technology, LLC. https://www.phase2technology.com/blog/successful-requirements-gathering. Retrieved 02 February 2020.
- ↑ Burris, E. (2007). "Requirements Specification". CS451R, University of Missouri–Kansas City. University of Missouri–Kansas City. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190724173601/http://sce2.umkc.edu/BIT/burrise/pl/requirements/. Retrieved 02 February 2020.
- ↑ "specification". Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, Inc. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/specification. Retrieved 02 February 2020.
- ↑ Memon, A. (Spring 2010). "Software Requirements: Descriptions and specifications of a system" (PDF). University of Maryland. https://www.cs.umd.edu/~atif/Teaching/Spring2010/Slides/3.pdf. Retrieved 02 February 2020.