…The book “Honorary fellows of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI)” of author Izet Masic is also a good introduction to EFMI. Although the title emphasizes the Honorary Fellows of EFMI the book does more. It describes the history and development of EFMI, its role and objectives, its working groups and the official scientific journals of EFMI. Photo’s of the past presidents of EFMI are included to get herwith photo’s and CVs of its honorary members.
Compact information about EFMI in the form of a publication was lacking during the first forty years of its existence. Information about EFMI was yearly provided piece meal in the IMIA Yearbook. This publication has now changed the scene and has put EFMI in the limelight. Izet already proved that he is able to produce informative books about Medical Informatics and the people involved in it like the “Biographical Lexicon of Medical Informatics” and (together with others) “Contributions to the History of Medical Informatics”. Also now Izet has to be congratulated with this achievement…
Prof Arie Hasman, PhD University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands