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. 2008 Nov-Dec;15(6):780–782. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2717

Table 1.

Table 1 Methods and Expertise Associated with Three Communities of Practice with the Corresponding Label on the Nodes in

Community of Practice Method or Area of Expertise Associated with Community Label in
Empirical discovery and prediction Computational simulation of biological systems focused on genomics and proteomics Genomics/Proteomics
Data mining Data Mining
Knowledge discovery Know Discovery
Natural language processing NLP
Concept representation Concept Rep
Machine learning and intelligent systems Machine Lrng
Human and organizational factors Decision support Decision Support
Health technology evaluation Evaluation
Consumer health Consumer Health
Electronic health records EH Record
Public health systems PH Systems
Cognition, human computer interface, and usability HCI/usability
Visual simulation of human biological systems Simulation/Imaging
Information Management Clinical information systems Clinical Systems
Safety and quality improvement QI
Information standards and interoperability Standards/Interoperability
Telemedicine Telemedicine