OBJECTIVE: To describe potential areas of collaboration between Medical Informatics (BI) and Bioinformatics (BI) and their effects on planning future work in both disciplines. METHODS: Some reflections on the objectives and rationale underpinning MI and BI are given, and preliminary results from the BIOINFOMED workgroup, supported by the European Commission, are introduced. RESULTS: Applications from both subfields suggest topics for sharing and exchange between the subfields within the emerging field of Biomedical Informatics. CONCLUSIONS: We suggest how the nature and degree of collaboration between the sub-disciplines can impact future work in molecular medicine.
Print ISSN: 0026-1270
Volume: 42, 01/2003
Pages: 121 - 125