LIMSWiki:Resources/Organizations

About this list

While this arguably may not be an authoritative list of organizations and not-for-profits relating to laboratory informatics, bioinformatics, and other forms of informatics, an attempt has been made to make it thorough.

Additional tools for finding scientific organizations:

• Japanese Academic Societies in Medicine and Related Fields

Organizations not-for-profits, and special interest groups

A through D

• African Networks for Health Research & Development: AFRO-NETS; a coalition of networks dedicated to the "exchange of information among different networks active in health research for development in Anglophone Africa"

• AHIMA Foundation: "improves health information management by supporting the people, research and resources that advance the HIM profession;" 501 (c)(3) charitable child organization of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

• Alliance for Nursing Informatics: ANI; a collection of organizations which aims to "advance nursing informatics practice, education, policy and research"

• American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems: AAIHDS; "a non-profit organization dedicated to the educational advancement of provider-based managed care professionals responsible for accountable and integrated healthcare delivery"

• American Health Information Management Association: AHIMA; a collaboration of other associations and individuals involved in health information management

• American Medical Informatics Association: AMIA; a professional scientific association which "aims to lead the way in transforming health care through trusted science, education, and the practice of informatics"

• American Nursing Informatics Association: ANIA; a professional organization which aims "to advance the field of nursing informatics through communication, education, research and professional activities"

• American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors: ASCLD; a volunteer not-for-profit organization "dedicated to providing excellence in forensic science through leadership and innovation"

• American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board: ASCLD/LAB; not-for-profit corporation "ISO/IEC 17011 compliant accrediting body in the field of forensic science"

• American Society of Health Informatics Managers: ASHIM; "a non-governmental organization that acts in public interest by fostering professional standards in health IT professionals through its setting and enforcement of the education, examination, experience, ethics, and other requirements for CHISP certification"

• American Telemedicine Association: ATA; a non-profit organization dedicated to "promoting the deployment of telemedicine throughout the world"

• Armenian Association of Telemedicine: AATM; a non-governmental, non-profit professional organization "interested in exploring and developing the field of telemedicine and eHealth in Armenia as well as worldwide"

• Association for Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care: ASSIST; "a professional association for those working in and for informatics in healthcare and social care"

• Association for Information Science and Technology: ASIS&T; a professional association which aims to discover "new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information"

• Association for Information Systems: AIS; a non-profit organization and "professional association for individuals and organizations who lead the research, teaching, practice, and study of information systems worldwide"

• Association of Clinical Scientists: a non-profit scientific and educational corporation "dedicated to the advancement of research and learning in laboratory science"

• Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems: AMDIS; a "professional organization for physicians interested in and responsible for healthcare information technology"

• Association of Public Health Laboratories: APHL; a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization promoting public health laboratories

• Australasian College of Health Informatics: ACHI; a "professional body for health informatics in the Asia-Pacific region"

• Australasian Telehealth Society: ATHS; an incorporated association that acts as "a forum for all of those involved in telehealth in Australia"

• Australian Health Informatics Education Council: AHIEC; a professional organization which aims to "ensure a coherent, comprehensive approach to quality health informatics education and training in Australia"

• Automation and Analytical Management Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry: AAMG; formerly at http://rsc-aamg.org/; a special interest group of the analytical division of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

• Belgian Medical Informatics Association: MIM; a not-for-profit association which aims "to promote and develop medical information science and technology in Belgium"

• BioInfoBank Institute: a non-for-profit research and development organization which aims "to generate, incubate and inspire innovative ideas" and "productive research conducted by highly motivated excellent young scientists in Poland"

• Bioinformatics Institute of India: BII; registered under the Confrere Educational Society, aims "to promote excellence in biotech, life sciences and pharma education"

• Bioinformatics Organization: an incorporated non-profit organization which aims to "develop and maintain computational resources to facilitate world-wide communications and collaborations between people of all educational and professional levels"

• British Computer Society Health: BCS; an international organization actings as "the chartered institute for IT;" aims "to promote new thinking, education and knowledge sharing" in the industry

• British Computer Society Health Scotland : the Scottish branch of the BCS

• Canadian Health Information Management Association : CHIMA; a national membership-based organization which aims to act as a "change leader in health information management"

• Canadian Nursing Informatics Association: CNIA; a national membership-based organization which aims "to be the voice for nursing informatics in Canada"

• Center for Health IT at the AAFP: aims "to promote and facilitate the adoption and optimal use of health information technology by [American Academy of Family Physicians] members and other office-based clinicians"

• Child Health Informatics Center: CHIC; an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) effort "to support and prepare pediatricians for the many changes that will be occurring over the next few years in regard to health information technology"

• Chinese Health Information Standardization Society: CHISS; "a national academic organization of China engaged in producing and advocating the adoption of national standards relevant to health information"

• Chinese Hospital Information Management Association: CHIMA; "a branch of the Chinese Hospital Association, a non-profit national industry and academic association focused on Health IT"

• COACH: Canada's Health Informatics Association: COACH; a professional association dedicated to advancing the field of health informatics

• Collaborative Research Into Exascale Systemware, Tools, & Applications: CRESTA; a coalition of supercomputing centers, vendors, and more aiming to "explore how the exaflop challenge can be met"

• College of Healthcare Information Management Executives: CHIME; a non-profit "professional organization for chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders"

• Computers in Cardiology: an incorporated non-profit and international society of scientists and professionals focused on examining the "methods and results of computation" in the study and application of cardiology and cardiovascular physiology

• Clinical Informatics Research and Development: CIRD; "responsible for leading the development of clinical systems strategy for Partners Healthcare"

• Council on Clinical Information Technology: COCIT; an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) sub-group dedicated "to support the development of health information technology"

• Czech Society for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics: ČLS; a voluntary independent association of "physicians, pharmacists and other personnel in healthcare and affiliated fields" and other entities

• Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics: CSKI; a society focused on the "support and promotion of cybernetics, informatics and related fields"

E through J

• Ear-Nose-Throat Informatics Society: ENTIS-J; a Japanese society dedicated to information management in the ENT field

• eHealth Initiative: eHI; a national organization attempting "to drive improvement in the quality of healthcare by promoting the use of technology and information"

• EMBnet - The Global Bioinformatics Network: EMBnet; an initiative of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) that acts as "a pioneer and a provider of bioinformatics services, expertise and training, across Europe and beyond"

• Eucomed: a membership-based European association attempting "to make modern, innovative and reliable medical technology available to more people"

• European Federation for Medical Informatics: EFMI; "a nonprofit organisation concerned with the theory and practice of information science and technology within health and health science in a European context"

• European Health Telematics Association: EHTEL; "a pan European multi-stakeholder forum providing a leadership and networking platform for European corporate, institutional and individual actors dedicated to the betterment of healthcare delivery through eHealth"

• European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics: ERCIM; a consortium that "aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase co-operation with European industry"

• European Society for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: AIME; attempts to "foster fundamental and applied research in the application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to medical care and medical research"

• EUROREC Institute: "an independent not-for-profit organisation, promoting in Europe the use of high quality electronic health record systems (EHRs)"

• FHI360-SATELLIFE: a non-profit organization dedicated "to play[ing] a leadership role in responding to the needs of health care providers in the developing world, employing cutting-edge solutions to expand access to health and medical knowledge"

• Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society:FHTS; an Indian association of "professionals from diverse backgrounds" attempting "to work in collaboration and to utilize accessible technologies as a medium to facilitate improvement in overall population health"

• Global Observatory for eHealth: GOE; a WHO-backed initiative "dedicated to the study of eHealth [and] its evolution and impact on health in countries"

• Global Organisation for Bioinformatics Learning, Education & Training: GOBLET; a European coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated "to coordinate world-wide bioinformatics training activities" in a shared and mutually respectful way

• Health Informatics in Africa: HELINA; a pan-African health informatics association dedicated to developing education, research, and strategic plans related to health informatics in Africa

• Health Informatics New Zealand: HINZ; a professional association that "seeks to facilitate improved health care outcomes through the dissemination and utilisation of information, knowledge and technology"

• Health Informatics Society of Australia: HISA; "a not-for-profit membership organisation for health informaticians and those with an interest in health informatics"

• Health Information Management Association Australia: HIMAA; an association turned national company that "seeks to promote and support [its] members as the universally recognised specialists in information management at all levels of the healthcare system"

• Health Level Seven International: HL7; "a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery, and evaluation of health services"

• Health On the Net Foundation: HON; a non-governmental organization that "promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use"

• Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland: HISI; incorporates the Healthcare Informatics sections of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland and of the Irish Computer Society; strives to develop knowledge and promote research in healthcare informatics

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society: HIMSS; a "not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare"

• HIMSS EHR Association: HIMSS EHRA; "a trade association of electronic health record (EHR) companies, addressing national efforts to create interoperable EHRs in hospital and ambulatory care settings"

• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: IEEE EMBS; an international society of biomedical engineers "focused on the development and application of engineering concepts and methods to provide new solutions to biological, medical and healthcare problems"

• IEEE Technology Management Council: IEEE TMC; an international organization that "provides information and services to IEEE members and the worldwide audience of practitioners and researchers engaged in the profession of engineering, technology, and innovation management"

• IHE International: IHE; "an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information"

• IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics: an extension of IMS Health dedicated "to strengthen the vital role of information in advancing healthcare globally"

• Indian Association for Medical Informatics: IAMI; an Indian association dedicated to medical specialists using informatics "into a common thread for the benefit of the patients and provoking an interdisciplinary research"

• Information Institute, The: a non-profit policy research and educational organization comprised of academics and industry representatives dedicated "to further[ing] understanding of intricate relationships between information science and technology"

• Initiative for Parallel Bioinformatics: IPAB; a Japanese initiative to accelerate the use of technology for performing information processing in the field of bioinformatics

• Institute for Laboratory Automation: ILA; a non-profit corporation dedicated to "helping people learn how to plan, implement, evaluate and use the products technologies available to them" in the laboratory and beyond

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: IEEE; a "professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity"

• Institute of Electronic and Information Technology: IEIT; "an independent academic organization specializing in providing high-quality academic services"

• Institute of Health Records & Information Management: IHRIM; an educational body dedicated "to provide qualifications at different levels as well as career and professional assistance for members" from "the fields of health records, information management, clinical coding and information governance"

• International Council on Archives: ICA; a non-governmental, member-funded organization "dedicated to the effective management of records and the preservation, care and use of the world's archival heritage"

• International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics: ICMCC; "an international foundation operating as the knowledge centre for medical and care compunetics ... making information on medicine and care available to patients using compunetics as well as distributing information on the use of compunetics in medicine and care to patients and professionals"

• International Federation for Information Processing: IFIP; "a non-governmental, non-profit umbrella organization for national societies working in the field of information processing"

• International Federation of Health Information Management Associations: IFHIMA; a non-profit organization affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO) as a non-governmental organization that "supports national associations and health record professionals to implement and improve health records and the systems which support them"

• International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation: IHTSDO; the not-for-profit association that owns and maintains SNOMED CT, a comprehensive and multilingual set of clinical terminology

• International Medical Informatics Association: IMIA; an "association of associations" which acts as a bridge between constituent organizations and their members to better "enable the transformation of healthcare in accord with the world-wide vision of improving the health of the world population"

• International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories: ISBER; a division of the American Society for Investigative Pathology, "promoting harmonized high quality standards, ethical principles and innovation in the science and management of biospecimen collection, processing, storage, distribution and use"

• International Society for Clinical Biostatistics: ISCB; a professional organization dedicated "to [stimulating] research into the principles and methodology used in the design and analysis of clinical research and to increase the relevance of statistical theory to the real world of clinical medicine"

• International Society for Computational Biology: ISCB; a non-profit corporation "addressing scientific policies, providing access to high quality publications, organizing meetings, and serving as a portal to information about training, education, employment and news" for those in the field of bioinformatics and computational biology

• International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering: ISPE; an international society of scientific and technical personnel in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, "committed to the advancement of the educational and technical efficiency of its members through forums for the exchange of ideas and practical experience"

• IZIP - Internet Access to Patient Health Information: IZIP; a Czech organization promoting electronic health records

• Japan Association for Medical Informatics: JAMI; a Japanese professional association dedicated to sharing academic research related to medical informatics

• Japan Association for Medical Informatics - Nursing Informatics: JAMI-NI; the JAMI subcommittee on nursing informatics

• Japan Society for Clinical Laboratory Automation: a Japanese professional association dedicated to promoting clinical automation for the benefit and preservation of the health of the people

• Japan Society of Health Information Management: JHIM; a Japanese scientific organization dedicated to "establishing, implementing, and promoting the science of health information (record) management in Japan" ([ http://www.jhim.jp/ original Japanese site])

• Japanese Society for Bioinformatics: JSBi; a Japanese professional association dedicated "to develop[ing] the discipline of bioinformatics in Japan" as well as "the promotion of the technology and related business" aspects of bioinformatics

• Japanese Society of Drug Informatics: JASDI; a Japanese professional association dedicated to "contributing to the improvement and advancement [of] pharmaceutical medicine ... as well as the improvement of science education and research on drug information"

• JISC: a registered U.K. charity dedicated to promoting "the innovative use of information and communication technology to support education, research and institutional effectiveness"

K through Z

• Kenya Health Informatics Association:

• KDD:

• Markle Foundation:

• Medical Computer Society of India:

• Medical Library Association:

• Medical Software Industry Association:

• Middle East Association for Health Informatics:

• National Academies:

• National Association of Health Data Organizations:

• National Institutes of Health Informatics:

• National Medical Information Education:

• NELAC Institute, The:

• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations:

• Nursing Specialist Group:

• Ontario Nursing Informatics Group:

• OpenClinical:

• openEHR Foundation:

• OSCAR Canada Users' Society:

• Public Health Informatics Institute:

• Public Library of Science:

• Regenstrief Institute:

• Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition:

• SIGCOMM:

• Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening:

• Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle, Clarity Informatics Group:

• Swedish Association of Health Informatics:

• Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics:

• UK Council for Health Informatics Professions:

• Ukrainian Association for Computer Medicine:

• University hospital Medical Information Network:

• URAC:

• Vancouver Bioinformatics Users Group:

• Workflow Management Coalition: