The informatics imperative in veterinary medicine: Collaboration across disciplines

Layne M. Johnson, Trevor R. Ames, Julie A. Jacko, Linda A. Watson

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Abstract

Information and data management are essential to support the collaborative and interdisciplinary pursuits of an academic veterinary medicine enterprise, ranging from research conducted by individual investigators, education processes, clinical care, and outreach to administration and management. Informatics is an academic discipline that focuses on the creation, management, storage, retrieval, and use of information and data and how technology can be applied to improve access to and use of these resources. In this article, we discuss the challenges in integrating informatics across a large academic enterprise from a veterinary medicine point of view. As a case study, we describe an example program of informatics at the University of Minnesota designed to support interdisciplinary collaboration.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5-9
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of veterinary medical education
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2011

Keywords

  • collaboration
  • informatics
  • interdisciplinary research

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