Video: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Biomedical Informatics Program

This week we unveiled a five-minute video describing the research and educational programs of the Biomedical Informatics Program at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The easiest way to view the video is via YouTube.

The video features several of the faculty from the program who describe their research and how it synergizes with the educational program. I provide overviews of the biomedical and health informatics field as well as of the OHSU program.

The video was part of AMIA TV, a series of videos broadcast on monitors as well as hotel room television during the recent AMIA 2011 Annual Symposium. Another video features an interview of myself in my role as the Scientific Program Committee Chair for next year's meeting.

New Talk and Department Web Site

This week I had the opportunity to kick off our OHSU Biomedical Informatics Conference Series that takes place on Thursdays at 11:30 am. I presented an overview of the HITECH program, OHSU's role in it, and how it impacts not only clinical informatics, but other areas of informatics as well, such as bioinformatics, clinical research informatics, public health informatics, and consumer health informatics. A video of the talk and PDF of my slides (with references) are available.

We also launched our new department web site this week. All of our old URLs still work, including those to the site and to information about our ONC scholarship funding.