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====Government entities====
====Government entities====
'''Canada'''
* [https://www.infoway-inforoute.ca/ Canada Health Infoway]: "works as a strategic investor of funds provided by the Federal Government, in collaboration with the provinces and territories" towards the effort of "transforming health care through health information technology"
* [http://www.cihi.ca/ Canadian Institute for Health Information]: strives to "collect, analyze and publish data and information in a standardized way ... that allows every jurisdiction to understand, compare and use the data and information effectively to make the decisions that lead to healthier Canadians"
'''Cuba'''
* [http://www.sld.cu/ Infomed, National Center for Medical Science Information, Public Health Ministry]: a portal for physicians, students, others to access a wide variety of health resources inside and outside the country
'''European Union'''
* [http://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html CORDIS - Community Research and Development Information Service]: "devoted to European research and development (R&D) activities and technology transfer"
'''Germany'''
* [http://www.dimdi.de/static/de/index.html German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information]: "publishes classifications for coding diagnoses and operations and maintains medical term systems" as well as "operates information systems for drugs, medical devices and evaluates medical procedures"
'''Global'''
* [http://www.gbif.org/index.php?id=269 Global Biodiversity Information Facility]: "an international government-initiated and funded initiative focused on making biodiversity data available to all and anyone, for scientific research, conservation and sustainable development"
'''India'''
* [http://www.imtech.res.in/bic/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51 Bioinformatics Centre, Institute of Microbial Technology, Department of Biotechnology]: works to develop software and provide technological infrastructure for the country's biotechnology efforts
* [http://ernet.in/ ERNET India]: "provides IT connectivity to a range of institutional centers" in India
'''Poland'''
* [http://genesilico.pl/ Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw]: a group performing "theoretical and experimental research on nucleic acids and proteins" and developing and using "computer programs for modeling of protein three-dimensional structures"
'''United States of America'''
* [http://www.ahrq.gov/ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality]: works "to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans"
* [http://healthit.ahrq.gov/portal/server.pt/community/ahrq_national_resource_center_for_health_it/650 AHRQ National Resource Center for Health IT]: an "initiative [that] is part of the Nation's strategy to put information technology to work in health care"
* [http://www.cit.nih.gov/ Center for Information Technology]: works "to provide, coordinate and manage information technology and to advance computational science" in the U.S.
* [http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/cgsb_site/servlet/Turbine Cognitive Science Branch, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications]: "applies linguistic, statistical, and knowledge-based research and development in the investigation of techniques for improving access to biomedical information"
* [http://compbio.ornl.gov/ Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Group, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory]: "conduct[s] genetics research and system development in genomic sequencing, computational genome analysis, and computational protein structure analysis"
* [http://chirr.nlm.nih.gov/ Consumer Health Informatics Research Resource]: "provides a resource of outcome variables and suggested measures to guide a comprehensive consumer health informatics assessment;" part of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
* [http://www.data.gov/ Data.gov]: strives to "increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government"
* [http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/hcirb/index.html Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute]: "supports research that examines the fundamental processes and effects of health communication and informatics on cancer-related outcomes across the cancer control continuum"
* [http://www.healthit.gov/ HealthIT.gov]: "support[s] the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care"
* [http://dcb.cit.nih.gov/hpcio/ High Performance Computing and Informatics Office, Division of Computational Bioscience, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health]: "provides expertise and resources in high performance computing, computational science, biomedical informatics, and modern information technology to the NIH scientific community" ([http://hpcio.cit.nih.gov/ alternate URL])
* Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S.
http://www.cdc.gov/osels/lspppo/index.html
* Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, U.S.
http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/
* National Archives and Records Administration, U.S.
http://www.archives.gov/
* National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
* National Center for Biomedical Computing, U.S.
http://www.ncbcs.org/
* National Center of Public Health and Analyses, Ministry of Health, Bulgaria
http://ncphp.government.bg/en
* National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, U.S.
http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/
* National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/
* National Institute for Quality and Organizational Development in Healthcare and Medicines, Hungary
http://www.eski.hu/index_en.php
* National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, India
http://www.nielit.in/
* National Library of Medicine, U.S.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
* National Research Council Canada
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/index.html
* Public Health Informatics Program, California Department of Public Health
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/data/informatics/Pages/PHIP.aspx
* Science.gov U.S.
http://www.science.gov/
* Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, IIT Delhi
http://www.scfbio-iitd.res.in/
* Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
http://www.tatrc.org/


====Educational programs, training, and certifications====
====Educational programs, training, and certifications====

Revision as of 03:42, 21 March 2013

Welcome to the LIMSwiki informatics resource portal

Books

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Resources for finding books related to laboratory and other types of informatics

CRC Press, informatics books

International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), all books

IOS Press, all books

Jones and Bartlett Learning, bioinformatics books

The National Academies Press, computers and information technology books

Springer, all books

Wiley, all books

Informatics books

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Magazines, journals, and blogs

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Magazines

  • American Laboratory: provides "analytical chemists and life scientists with up-to-date information about equipment, instrumentation, and applications that they use in their labs every day."
  • Bio-IT World: "provides topical news coverage and analysis of cutting-edge technologies to handle the data deluge in petascale computing and the tools to deliver individualized medicine."
  • Bioscience Technology: "provides life science/biotechnology researchers with new product and new technology information."
  • Chromatography Techniques: "presents bylined articles, new products, technologies and application notes covering gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, ion chromatography, chemistries and columns, software, sample prep, spectroscopy and more."
  • Drug Discovery & Development: "delivers insight into the full landscape of technologies, tools, and business/regulatory strategies that help scientists and executives accelerate the pace and productivity of drug research and development."
  • Drug Discovery World: "examines the advances in new science and technology with a view to the commercial implications of implementing those advances and whether they can truly bring benefits to the industry as a whole" and to "the discovery and development of new therapeutics."
  • European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer: keeps "readers abreast of the latest offerings and developments in R&D and manufacturing products and equipment, ingredients and contract services."
  • Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News: covers "the entire bioproduct life cycle from early-stage R&D, to applied research including omics, biomarkers, as well as diagnostics, to bioprocessing and commercialization."
  • Health Data Management: focuses on the process of "using information technology to achieve business goals and improve the quality of care" offered to individuals.
  • Healthcare Informatics: covers topics like EMR, EHR, wireless technologies, meaningful use policy, patient safety, point-of-care technology, health information exchange, and hospital administration.
  • Lab Manager: "analyzes the strong link between business strategy, technological innovation and implementation."
  • Laboratory Design: serves the "community involved in the design, construction, and operation of laboratory facilities, including building owners and operators, high-level lab users and managers, and the building team."
  • Laboratory Informatics Guide: a yearly special supplement to Scientific Computing World subscribers that provides articles and information about laboratory informatics.
  • Laboratory Equipment: provides "concise and insightful information on the latest scientific instruments, software, supplies, and equipment."
  • Laboratory News: provides "readers with comprehensive and detailed coverage of the issues facing contemporary science."
  • Life Science Leader: provides life science executives with the industry's best practices and "motivate[s] them to implement those best practices in their own businesses."
  • Medical Laboratory Observer: provides "lab professionals with peer-reviewed editorials, answers to critical questions and important product information."
  • Medical Technology Business Europe: covers "developments in medical technology, focusing on medical devices with electronics, and nanotechnology, diagnostics, biotechnology, and advanced prosthetics/ implants."
  • Modern Healthcare: delivers "healthcare business and policy news, research and information."
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: covers "best practices, key trends, developments and successful applications" in the field of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
  • Pulse+IT: eHealth and health IT topics primarily targeted at the Australian and New Zealand health sectors.
  • R&D Magazine: provides news and technical articles that focus on the research and development industry.
  • Scientific Computing: "covers the new products, services, and technologies that are available to science professionals."
  • Scientific Computing World: "dedicated to the computing and information technology needs of professionals working in science, technology, engineering, and medicine."
  • The Scientist: "dedicated to covering a wide range of topics central to the study of cell and molecular biology, genetics, and other life-science fields."

Journals

Numerous journals concerning many types of scientific informatics pursuits — from nursing informatics to cancer informatics — are produced for the scientific community and beyond. Many are only accessible through subscription or purchase, while others are open-access journals, available to anyone with Internet access. Click the link above for the compiled list of related journals and journal resources.

Blogs

Individual blogs

  • eHealth: features eHealth and health IT topics from John Sharp, an IT manager for a major medical center in Northeast Ohio.
  • Gobbledygook: features topics on how the Internet is changing scholarly communication, by medical doctor and cancer researcher Martin Fenner.
  • Health IT Buzz: features topics on the United States' transition to electronic health records," from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
  • HealthBlog: "thoughts, comments, news, and reflections about healthcare IT from Microsoft's worldwide health senior director Bill Crounse, MD."
  • The Healthcare IT Guy: focuses on "healthcare IT with an emphasis on e-health, EHR/EMR, meaningful use, data integration, medical device connectivity, health informatics, and legacy modernization," by software analyst Shahid Shah.
  • HIStalk: offers news and opinion on healthcare IT.
  • Hodge's Model: "provides a space for reflections on a health, social care, and informatics model with universal potential in terms of application and users," by mental health nurse and informatics specialist Peter Jones.
  • Informatics Professor: "maintains the thoughts on various topics related to biomedical and health informatics by Dr. William Hersh, Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University"
  • The Integrated Lab: provides information and open discussion on any topic dealing with laboratory integration.
  • IT Everything: covers healthcare IT, by reporter and editor Joseph Conn.
  • Lab Soft News: covers topics of healthcare IT and pathology informatics, by Bruce Friedman, Emeritus Professor of Pathology in the Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Meaningful HIT News: covers meaningful topics regarding healthcare IT, by professional healthcare IT journalist Neil Versel.
  • On Informatics: "dedicated to uncovering the meanings and applications of medical informatics."
  • Out on a LIMS: covers the topics of LIMS, ELN, and other aspects of laboratory informatics, by Gloria Metrick of GeoMetrick Enterprises.
  • RX Informatics: "seeks to better the healthcare, pharmacy, and information technology community by providing an online presence for collaboration."
  • Social Informatics Blog: covers topics on the "intersections of technology, information, and media as well as countless other paths of research."
  • The Telecare Blog: covers the topic of telecare, by copywriter and telecare consultant Guy Dewsbury.
  • Telehealth & Telecare Aware: aims to help telecare and telehealth "suppliers and service providers around the world keep up to date with what each other are doing."

Corporate blogs

  • ABB Blog: the official blog of power and industrial automation equipment and software developer ABB Ltd.

Open-source project blogs


Web portals

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This is a collection of web portals that relate to anything from dental informatics to healthcare IT. If you don't find the site you're looking for here, it may be in the Blogs or Knowledge base, research, and reference sections of the resources page.
 

  • analytica-world.com: an information portal for analytics and lab technology, complementing analytica, the International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, and Biotechnology
  • BioAfrica.net: a "bioinformatics portal for human life in Africa," produced by the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • E-Health Insider: a web portal with "news, comment and analysis about healthcare IT in the UK"
  • Ecoinformatics.org: a web portal acting as an "online resource for managing ecological data and information"
  • FierceHealthIT: a web portal for "healthcare IT news with a special focus on CPOE, EMR adoption, HIPAA compliance, and other critical areas"
  • Government Health IT: a web portal with "news and information on how government is driving the adoption of information technology in healthcare"
  • Health Informatics Forum: an information portal acting as "a social network for health informatics professionals and students"
  • Health Technology Review: a healthcare portal with "information, articles, reviews, ratings and news on today's leading healthcare technologies, with a special focus on electronic medical records and medical billing software"
  • Health-e-Directory: a portal providing "a comprehensive listing of products and service solutions for e-Health"
  • Healthcare IT News: a news portal for healthcare IT executives that offers information on "new technologies, IT strategies and tactics, statutory and regulatory issues, as well as provider and vendor updates"
  • HITSphere: a web portal for "blogs, news, tools, and other items of interest to the healthcare IT community"
  • Journal Watch: a web portal "providing brief, clearly written, clinically focused perspectives on the medical developments that affect practice"
  • LabCompliance.com: a pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry portal of free and fee-based "information on how to improve quality and to comply with FDA and other regulations" including standards
  • PflebIT: a nursing informatics portal and knowledgebase (in German)
  • Pharma IQ: "an international online community focusing on providing pharmaceutical and biotechnology professionals with knowledge, information and biotechnology articles"
  • seperationsNOW.com: a Wiley-backed portal of information about sample preparation, electrophoresis, chromatography, genomics, and laboratory informatics
  • spectroscopyNOW.com: a Wiley-backed portal of information about numerous spectroscopic techniques
  • Technology Networks: a wide collection of web resources pertaining to numerous scientific communities and topics, including informatics


Organizations, not-for-profits, and special interest groups

One- or two-sentence description goes here. Click the link above for the full list of resources.

Government and academic

Government entities

Canada

  • Canada Health Infoway: "works as a strategic investor of funds provided by the Federal Government, in collaboration with the provinces and territories" towards the effort of "transforming health care through health information technology"
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information: strives to "collect, analyze and publish data and information in a standardized way ... that allows every jurisdiction to understand, compare and use the data and information effectively to make the decisions that lead to healthier Canadians"

Cuba

European Union

Germany

Global

  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility: "an international government-initiated and funded initiative focused on making biodiversity data available to all and anyone, for scientific research, conservation and sustainable development"

India

  • ERNET India: "provides IT connectivity to a range of institutional centers" in India

Poland

United States of America

  • Data.gov: strives to "increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government"
  • HealthIT.gov: "support[s] the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care"



  • Laboratory Science, Policy and Practice Program Office; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S.

http://www.cdc.gov/osels/lspppo/index.html

  • Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, U.S.

http://lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/

  • National Archives and Records Administration, U.S.

http://www.archives.gov/

  • National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

  • National Center for Biomedical Computing, U.S.

http://www.ncbcs.org/

  • National Center of Public Health and Analyses, Ministry of Health, Bulgaria

http://ncphp.government.bg/en

  • National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, U.S.

http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/

  • National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/

  • National Institute for Quality and Organizational Development in Healthcare and Medicines, Hungary

http://www.eski.hu/index_en.php

  • National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, India

http://www.nielit.in/

  • National Library of Medicine, U.S.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

  • National Research Council Canada

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/index.html

  • Public Health Informatics Program, California Department of Public Health

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/data/informatics/Pages/PHIP.aspx

  • Science.gov U.S.

http://www.science.gov/

  • Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, IIT Delhi

http://www.scfbio-iitd.res.in/

  • Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

http://www.tatrc.org/

Educational programs, training, and certifications

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Conferences and trade shows

Conferences

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Trade shows

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Discussion groups and social networks

Market studies and reports

Knowledge base, research, and reference

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Specifications and standards

Jobs and career search

Miscellaneous

Projects

Datasets

Videos

Bids and RFPs