Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

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UNIFESP’s Health Informatics Area

Prof. Dr. Ivan Torres PisaDepartamento de Informática em Saúde, ChefeEscola Paulista de MedicinaUniversidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP

Prof. Ivan Torres Pisa, ScDHealth Informatics Department, ChairPaulista Medical SchoolFederal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP

ivan.pisa@unifesp.br

Congresso Internacional MultidiciplinarHumboldt Kolleg

Limits and Interfaces in ScienceSão Paulo, 28-30 Nov 2009

Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

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Agenda

1. About myself

2. Biomedical and Health Informatics area

3. Health Informatics Department, UNIFESP

4. Mission and goals

5. Fields of activity

6. Website

Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• Prof. Ivan Torres Pisa– Education

• 1991 Technical’s Industrial Informatics, ETEP• 1997 Bachelor of Mathematics, UNESP• 1999 Master in Science, Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology, USP• 2003 Doctor in Science, Physics Applied to Medicine and Biology, USP• 2005 Posdoc, Health Informatics, USP/UNIFESP

– Position• 2004 Supervisor, Health Informatics Postgraduate Program, UNIFESP• 2005 Supervisor, Public Health Postgraduate Program, UNIFESP• 2006 Professor, Health Informatics Department, UNIFESP• 2007 Professor, Health Informatics Specialization, UAB/UNIFESP• 2008 Reviewer, International Journal of Health Informatics IJMI• 2008 Editor, Journal of Health Informatics JHI• 2008-2009 Vice-coordinator, Health Informatics PostProg, UNIFESP• 2008-2010 Financial Director, Health Informatics Brazilian Society SBIS• 2009-2012 Chair, Health Informatics Department, UNIFESP

About Myself

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

Biomedical and Health Informatics Related Areas

4From: American Medical Informatics Association, Recomendations for Health Informatics area, 2009.

Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

Health Informatics Structural Outline

5From: American Medical Informatics Association, Recomendations for Health Informatics area, 2009.

Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• History of Health Informatics in Brazil– 1980s Isolated group in Nephrology Discipline, UNIFESP

• Prof. Daniel Sigulem, MD, Prof Titular– 1986 Committee for Health Informatics area

• Apply emerging technologies to the health field– 1988 Health Informatics Center (CIS) was created

• Dissemination Health Informatics culture at UNIFESP• Implanting the physical communication infrastructure

– 1999 Health Informatics Department (DIS) was created• Academic purpouse

– 2003 Health Informatics Postgraduate Program• Strictu sensu, Master and Doctor in Science degree• 1st in Latin America and Caribbean

• DIS’s management– Resources from UNIFESP, research incentive agencies, cooperation

agreements with government agencies and civil associations, and partnerships with private sector

Health Informatics Department, UNIFESP

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• Mission– To generate, promote, systematize, and transfer Health Informatics and

Telemedicine scientific and technological knowledge, in order to benefit, in the short, mid, and long-term, the society in general and health field, in particular

• Goals– To promote and encourage research and the development of technologies of

health information and communication, taking into account the whole spectrum of their applications: care, management, education, and research

– To prepare professionals specialized in Health Informatics and Telemedicine to work in teaching, research and development of information technologies

– To apply accumulated knowledge and experience in publicity, extension and assistance activities, whether at UNIFESP’s service, or through partnerships with related entities

Mission

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• Health IT, Telemedicine, Telehealth– From basic care to service management, everything

in healthcare is information– Information technologies applied to health may,

besides shortening distances and promoting transparency, support clinical and management decision-making, through subsidies which would be impossible without technology

• Fields of activity– Health information systems– Decision-support systems– Patient’s electronic record– Computerized guidelines– Remote communication systems

Development & Applications

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• Distance-learning via the Internet, Computer-aided teaching, Virtual UNIFESP– Education and health demand experience and

responsibility– The Internet, and particularly the web, broadens the

possibilities of training and retraining human resources. Besides, the web enables new communication interfaces between university and society.

• Fields of activity– Online tools to support undergraduate studies at

UNIFESP– Virtual courses of specialisation and extension for

professionals– Online programs of education for laypeople– Distance training for corporate environments– Management of UNIFESP’s site

• architecture, development and maintenance

Education & Internet

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• Internet 2, Free Software, Security– There is no production of knowledge without

exchange of information– UNIFESP - the leading university in health research

in Brazil - has a high-performance network infrastructure which connects it to the Internet 2 via the Academic Network of the State of São Paulo (ANSP) and the Brazilian Research Network (RNP)

• Fields of activity– Management and expansion of the local network

according to university demands– Use of platforms and free/open source software– Continuous improvement regarding security and

high availability issues– User support (more than seven thousand users)

Networks & Connectivity

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• Rede CompBioNet, Genome Cancer Project, Evolução Molecular– Decipher life codes and generate new information on

health– We are members of CompBioNet - a network of

bioinformatics laboratories created by FAPESP [Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo] and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research to analyze the sequences generated by the Genome Cancer Project

• Fields of activity– Development of tools for genome analysis and

protein classification– Genomic database mining– Evolutionary computing– Phylogenetic analysis of biological sequences

Bioinformatics & Genome

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• Undergraduate studies, Postgraduate studies, Applied research– To sow the future by investing in formation and

innovation.– Health Informatics is a teaching and research

interdisciplinary field which involves two great and complex areas of knowledge: health sciences and computer sciences

• Fields of activity– Master’s and Doctor’s degree programs (strictu

sensu) approved by CAPES– Disciplines for UNIFESP’s undergraduate,

specialization and extension courses– Computer laboratories available to the UNIFESP

community– Divulge Health Informatics inside and outside the

university

Teaching & Research

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

• Scientific consulting, Technical cooperation, SUS– Take care of your village and you will be taking care

of the world– Responsible for the administration of a group of

public hospitals which are part of the SUS [Brazilian unified healthcare system], UNIFESP is a national reference in healthcare, receiving patients from all over the country - most of them low-income people

• Fields of activity– Technical and scientific consulting in information

technology for UNIFESP and for hospitals under its management

– Coordination of information technology of health centers in university

– Technical cooperation with professional health associations and government agencies

Extension & Care

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

Health Informatics principlesConcepts representation: ontologies,

vocabularies, terminologiesDesign patternsBioinformatics principlesBiological signals processingClinical applications based on

medical imagesPatient’s care systemsElectronic health recordsInformation’s management systemsMonitoring patient’s systemsDecision support systems

Some Areas of Health Informatics

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Picture archivement and communication systems

Personal health recordsSecurity, privacy, confidentiality in

health information systemsData mining and text miningTelemedicine and telehealthHealth e-learningInternet and healthDigital practice of medicinePublic health information systems

Shortliffe EH, Cimino J, Biomedical Informatics - Comp Applic in Health Care and Biomedicine. Third Edition, 2006..

Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

www.unifesp.br

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em Saúde UNIFESP, Rua Botucatu 862, Vila Clementino, 04023-062, São Paulo SP, Brazil

UNIFESP Vila Clementino

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Health Informatics DepartmentFederal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP

Departamento de Informática em SaúdeUniversidade Federal de São Paulo – UNIFESP

Thank you for your attention

Prof. Ivan Torres Pisa, ScDHealth Informatics Department, Chair

ivan.pisa@unifesp.br17