Biomedical informatics encompasses both medical informatics (or healthcare informatics) and bioinformatics. It studies the use of information technology and advanced research computing in the practice of biomedical science and medicine.
The major areas encompassed by it are clinical Informatics, dental informatics, nursing Informatics, veterinary informatics, pharmacy informatics, medical imaging informatics, public health informatics, proteomics, genomics and drug design.
=Also see=
Biomedical technology
Biomedical engineering
Bioengineering
=External links=
[http://www.nbirn.net/ BIRN] The Biomedical Informatics Research Network.
[https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/ Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid or caBIG].
[http://info.cchmc.org/ Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center Division of Biomedical Informatics].
[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15320464 The Journal of Biomedical Informatics].
[http://www.dbmi.columbia.edu/ Columbia University Dept. of Biomedical Informatics]
[http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/dbmi/ Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biomedical Informatics]
[http://www.cbmi.pitt.edu/ Pittsburgh University Ctr. for Biomedical Informatics]
[http://www.bhi.washington.edu/ University of Washington Div. of Biomedical and Health Informatics]