Genesis of a UK Faculty of Clinical Informatics at a time of anticipation for some, and ruby, golden and diamond celebrations for others

Simon De Lusignan; Jeremy Barlow; Philip J Scott

doi:10.14236/jhi.v24i4.1003

Genesis of a UK Faculty of Clinical Informatics at a time of anticipation for some, and ruby, golden and diamond celebrations for others

J Innov Health Inform. 2018 Jan 12;24(4):344-346. doi: 10.14236/jhi.v24i4.1003.

Authors

Simon De Lusignan¹, Jeremy Barlow², Philip J Scott³

Affiliations

¹ University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. EditorIPC@gmail.com.
² BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. jeremy.barlow@bcs.uk.
³ Centre for Healthcare Modelling & Informatics, University of Portsmouth. philip.scott@port.ac.uk.

PMID: 29334353
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v24i4.1003

Abstract

This Editorial marks the launch of the UK Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI) at the time when non-clinically qualified informaticians are anticipating the lauch of the Federation of Informatics Professionals in Health and Care (Fed-IP).

Keywords: Government regulation; Health Occuptations; Medical informatics.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Anniversaries and Special Events*
Cooperative Behavior*
Health Occupations
Humans
Medical Informatics / organization & administration*
United Kingdom