Open AccessThe roles of the US National Library of Medicine and Donald A.B. Lindberg in revolutionizing biomedical and health informatics
Author(s) -
Randolph A. Miller,
Edward H. Shortliffe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocab245
Subject(s) - health informatics , context (archaeology) , informatics , biomedicine , transformative learning , library science , national library , health administration informatics , engineering ethics , political science , data science , computer science , sociology , health care , engineering , bioinformatics , history , law , pedagogy , archaeology , biology
Over a 31-year span as Director of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM), Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, and his extraordinary NLM colleagues fundamentally changed the field of biomedical and health informatics-with a resulting impact on biomedicine that is much broader than its influence on any single subfield. This article provides substance to bolster that claim. The review is based in part on the informatics section of a new book, "Transforming biomedical informatics and health information access: Don Lindberg and the US National Library of Medicine" (IOS Press, forthcoming 2021). After providing insights into selected aspects of the book's informatics-related contents, the authors discuss the broader context in which Dr. Lindberg and the NLM accomplished their transformative work.