Associations

Primary Health Care Specialist Group of the British Computer Society - Concerned with all aspects of information technology affecting primary care.
http://www.phcsg.org/

European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) - Nonprofit organization concerned with the theory and practice of information science and technology in European health.
http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/ibmi/efmi/

Healthcare Information and Management Society - US not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting a better understanding of health care information and management systems.
http://www.himss.org/

American Medical Informatics Association - US not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics in the support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration.
http://www.amia.org/

College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) - Serving the professional development needs of healthcare CIOs, and advocating the more effective use of information management within healthcare.
http://www.cio-chime.org/index.asp

ERCIM Working Group on Health and Information Technology - Workshop proceedings, reports and upcoming events contributed by members of this working group of the European Research Consortium Group for Informatics and Mathematics.
http://www.ercim.org

Medical Records Institute (MRI) - An international forum for sharing knowledge, experience, and solutions with healthcare practitioners,professionals in information system (IS) and health information management (HIM). Conducts the Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR)annual conference on e-health and clinical IT issues. Publishes the Health IT Advisory Report.
http://www.medrecinst.com/

Health Informatics Society of Australia Ltd - HISA was established in 1992 by representatives of health informatics groups operating within Australia. Site has many features including links, downloads and publications. Details the Health Informatics Conference (HIC) held in Australia.
http://www.hisa.org.au/

The Public Health Informatics Institute, Georgia - Focuses on informatics collaboration with details of workshops, publications, readings, events, contacts and partnership details and links.
http://phii.org

Connecticut Health Information Management Association - Professionals responsible for health record management. Details of organisation, calendar, contacts, links, application information and newsletter.
http://www.cthima.org/

Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) - Stated aim is to improve the practice of medicine and advance the field of Applied Medical Informatics. Links to 'The Informatics Review'. An on-line journal focusing on clinical computing and medical informatics.
http://www.amdis.org/

HINZ - Health Informatics New Zealand. - National not-for-profit organisation. Conferences and seminar details. Membership login provided.
http://www.hinz.org.nz/

UK Health Informatics Society - Formerly the British Medical Informatics Society. Featured mission statement and history, membership information, news of workshops and conferences, 'Health Informatics' Journal and 'Biomedical Informatics Today' newsletter.
http://www.bmis.org/

Australian College of Health Informatics - An Australian health informatics professional body. Newly established it intends to represent the interests of a broad range of clinical and non-clinical professionals working within health informatics.
http://www.achi.org.au

Microsoft Healthcare Users Group - Useful site for wide range of health informatics issues.
http://www.mshug.org/

Health Information Management Association of Australia - A national professional association representing health information managers.
http://www.himaa.org.au

Regenstrief Institute Medical Informatics Fellowship - Non-profit medical research organization. Details of core curriculum, training details, research fellowships. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
http://www.regenstrief.org/medinformatics/fellowship

International Medical Informatics Association - International not-for-profit organization promoting medical informatics in health care and biomedical research. Includes membership information, member societies, newsletter and events.
http://www.imia.org/

Medical Software Industry Association - Active in Australia since 1995 representing vendors and developers at the government level on initiatives such as Health Online, as well as a range of forums, working groups and committees. Members details, discussion, links, events are shown.
http://www.msia.com.au/

Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems (IAIMS) Consortium - Voluntary organization of 35 member institutions focused on computing and communication technologies in the management of health information. Details of membership, grants, news, meetings and publications.
http://www.iaimscons.org/

American Health Information Management Association - Includes membership information, history and bylaws. Details of FORE - Foundation of Research and Education the charitable affiliate organization of AHIMA.
http://www.ahima.org/