Registration Information

Member Explanation:

This pertains to members who belong to IMIA, including IMIA itself and the organizations under IMIA.

IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association) has several member organizations under its umbrella, which are typically categorized by regions or specific interest groups. Some of the key organizations and groups under IMIA include:


1. Regional Member Societies:

• APAMI: Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics
• EFMI: European Federation For Medical Informatics
• HELINA: Health Informatics in Africa
• IMIA LAC: Regional Federation of Health Informatics for Latin America and the Caribbean
• MENAHIA: Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association
• NAMI: IMIA North America Medical Informatics Region

2. Working Groups and Special Interest Groups:

• Accident & Emergency Informatics – IMIA A&EI WG
• Data Mining and Big Data Analytics WG
• Dental Informatics WG
• Ethics, Privacy and Security in Health Informatics – IMIA EPSHI WG
• Exposome Informatics WG
• Francophone SIG
• Health and Medical Informatics Education WG
• Health Informatics for Development – IMIA HI4D WG
• Health Informatics for Patient Safety WG
• Health Information Systems – IMIA HIS WG
• Health Record Banking – IMIA HRB WG
• History of BioMedical and Health Informatics WG
• Human Factors Engineering for Healthcare Informatics WG
• IMIA NI
• Language and Meaning in BioMedicine – IMIA LaMB WG
• One Digital Health – ODH WG
• Open Source Health Informatics WG
• Organizational and Social Issues WG
• Participatory Health and Social Media WG
• Primary Health Care Informatics WG
• Smart Homes and Ambient Assisted Living WG
• Standards in Health Care Informatics WG
• Student and Emerging Professionals Special Interest Group – IMIA SEP SIG
• Technology Assessment & Quality Development in Health Informatics – IMIA TAQD WG
• Telehealth WG

These organizations and groups work together under the IMIA framework to advance the field of medical informatics globally.