On Determining Factors for Good Research in Biomedical and Health Informatics: Some Lessons Learned

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. 2014 May 22;9(1):255–264. doi: 10.15265/IY-2014-0025

Exerpt of a comment on Jan van Bemmel’s paper ‘medical informatics, art or science?’
…. The paper is to some extent summarizing and also extending some of his former papers on the principles of medical informatics [2, 3]. Besides a variety of reflections on the potentials and limitations of science, it presents and excellently discusses 20 examples of research in medical informatics and the progress achieved by such research for medicine and health care. The paper is an important step towards systematization and towards underscoring the necessity of medical informatics research for medicine and health care. And, by the way, it also emphasizes its impact for informatics. …	…. The paper is to some extent summarising and also extending some of his former papers on principles of medical informatics ([2], [3]). Besides a variety of reflections on the potentials and limitations of science it presents and excellently discusses 20 examples of research in medical informatics and on the progress achieved by such research for medicine and health care. Jan van Bemmel is one of the most outstanding scientists in medical informatics with a broad background in both medical informatics research and education. Those of us that have the chance to work with him know, that this [is] an honour and a challenge and, much more, a pleasure. And, consequently, the paper he is presenting is of high quality and should be read by everybody in our scientific community. It is an important step towards systematisation and towards pointing out the necessity of medical informatics research for medicine and health care. And, by the way, it also points on its impact for informatics. …

Exerpt of a comment on Jan van Bemmel’s paper ‘medical informatics, art or science?’

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The paper is to some extent summarizing and also extending some of his former papers on the principles of medical informatics [2, 3]. Besides a variety of reflections on the potentials and limitations of science, it presents and excellently discusses 20 examples of research in medical informatics and the progress achieved by such research for medicine and health care. The paper is an important step towards systematization and towards underscoring the necessity of medical informatics research for medicine and health care. And, by the way, it also emphasizes its impact for informatics.
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The paper is to some extent summarising and also extending some of his former papers on principles of medical informatics ([2], [3]). Besides a variety of reflections on the potentials and limitations of science it presents and excellently discusses 20 examples of research in medical informatics and on the progress achieved by such research for medicine and health care. Jan van Bemmel is one of the most outstanding scientists in medical informatics with a broad background in both medical informatics research and education. Those of us that have the chance to work with him know, that this [is] an honour and a challenge and, much more, a pleasure. And, consequently, the paper he is presenting is of high quality and should be read by everybody in our scientific community.
It is an important step towards systematisation and towards pointing out the necessity of medical informatics research for medicine and health care. And, by the way, it also points on its impact for informatics.
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