Donald A.B. Lindberg and the U.S. National Library of Medicine Transformed Biomedical and Health Informatics

Randolph A Miller; Edward H Shortliffe

doi:10.3233/SHTI210976

Donald A.B. Lindberg and the U.S. National Library of Medicine Transformed Biomedical and Health Informatics

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Feb 1:288:3-11. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210976.

Authors

Randolph A Miller¹, Edward H Shortliffe²

Affiliations

¹ Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Emeritus).
² Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University in the City of New York.

PMID: 35102823
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI210976

Abstract

This overview summary of the Informatics Section of the book Transforming biomedical informatics and health information access: Don Lindberg and the U.S. National Library of Medicine illustrates how the NLM revolutionized the field of biomedical and health informatics during Lindberg's term as NLM Director. Authors present a before-and-after perspective of what changed, how it changed, and the impact of those changes.

Keywords: Biomedical Informatics; Donald A.B. Lindberg; Health Informatics; U.S. National Library of Medicine.

MeSH terms

Access to Information
Books
Medical Informatics*
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
United States