Publications by authors named "R Haux"
Objective: To provide guidance on the future development and role of medical informatics, or biomedical and health informatics, in form of reflections.
Method: To report on the author's previous activities as a medical informatician, which spans almost half a century. It began in 1973 when he started to study medical informatics.
Background: During the last decades, the Open Access paradigm has become an important approach for publishing new scientific knowledge. From 2015 to 2020, the Trans-O-MIM research project was undertaken with the intention to identify and to explore solutions in transforming subscription-based journals into Open Access journals. Trans-O-MIM stands for strategies, models, and evaluation metrics for the goal-oriented, stepwise, sustainable, and fair transformation of established subscription-based scientific journals into Open-Access-based journals with as an example.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealth Information Systems: Past, Present, Future - Revisited.
Stud Health Technol Inform
October 2022
Background: Health information systems (HIS) represent an essential part of the infrastructure for the delivery of good health care.
Objectives: To present the author's personal views on HIS developments over the last decades and on the opportunities and priorities for future HIS developments.
Methods: Reflecting on his views, the author identified relevant semantic dimensions, which are denoted as development paths, and searched for appropriate periods to characterize HIS development leaps.
Objectives: To summarize the activities of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI) in 2021 and welcome its 2021 Class of Fellows.
Methods: Report on governance, strategic directions, newly elected fellows, plenary meetings, and other activities of the Academy.
Results: As in 2020, all of the Academy's activities were carried out virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.