The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) in Bethesda, Maryland, has started a subsidiary called the Global Health Informatics Partnership (GHIP) to encourage collaborative initiatives on health informatics. GHIP aims to form grassroots networks of health informatics advocates and professionals to build health informatics capacity in low-resource settings, primarily in South America, Africa, and Asia.
According to AMIA, GHIP will use talks, workshops, published literature, and training tools, among other mechanisms to encourage more use of health information and communication technology. GHIP has also begun to form relationships with institutions, that can then mentor newer partners and share information that the group says will lead to enhanced quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care.
Informatics is the science of how to use data, information, and knowledge to improve both human health and the delivery of health care services. AMIA says GHIP’s activities will conform to open standards, open content, and open-access principles and practices, and are guided by established informatics principles.
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