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The Foundations and Applications Tracks
From the time that authors begin to prepare their papers,
abstracts, or proposals they should consider whether their
principal results and insights would more aptly be presented as
a foundational contribution of novel informatics methods, or as
a more practical report of the application of informatics in the
biomedical sciences or the day-to-day practice of health care.
Contributions that emphasize methods should be submitted to
Foundations of Informatics track, led by Vice-chair R. Scott Evans
of LDS Hospital, Intermountain Health Care.
Contributions that emphasize methods should be submitted to
Applications of Informatics track, led by Vice-chair R. Scott
Evans of LDS Hospital, Intermountain Health Care.
We believe that almost all contributions to AMIA 2008 will
have both foundational and pragmatic elements in them, and
in many cases the assignment of papers and tracks will be less
than obvious. Authors may be in the best position to make a
final decision about track at the time they classify their
contribution. After classifying his/her submission according to
the method(s) employed and problem(s) addressed, authors
who believe that the primary contribution of their work relates to
the methods employed should submit to the Foundations track.
Authors who believe that the primary contribution relates to the
problems addressed should submit to the Applications track. All
track assignments by authors will be reviewed by the Scientific
Program Committee. The Committee will, in selected cases,
change the assignments.
Foundations of Informatics
This track will emphasize conceptual advances relating to
the structure, processing, management, and use of
biomedical information. This track presents the results of
innovative research on the scientific underpinnings of
biomedical and health informatics - highlighting the
fundamental advances that lead to new methods and,
ultimately, to new applications in support of health care,
biological research, and education.
Applications of Informatics
This track emphasizes innovations in the design, technology,
implementation, use and evaluation of information systems
and knowledge resources across the full spectrum of health
care - in acute, ambulatory, and chronic care settings, public
health departments, libraries, educational centers, and homes.
Contributions to this track should emphasize applications that
work in the real world to solve important problems.
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