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Introduction

Introduction WITH THIS ISSUE, Medical Decision Making is pleased to prehensive dictionary of health care terms and con­ publish its first supplement. The materials in this col­ cepts that will enable automated interaction between literary, clinical, and outcomes data sources. From this lection come from two meetings, each supported by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). conference a set of high-quality papers was collected The 1990 Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical for the supplement and reviewed by the program com­ Decision Making focused on medical outcomes re­ mittee. search, and a symposium on the topic was featured Because the conferences had similar themes, and in the program. Mark Eckman and Frank Sonnenberg because the AHCPR sponsored a "proceedings" from edited the manuscript of the symposium for this sup­ each, the sponsoring organizations decided to publish the product jointly. With that decision, enough ma­ plement (a major undertaking for which they deserve terial was available for this supplement to MDM. In OUI' gratitude). Ted Shortliffe's presidential address from view of the importance of outcomes research to the the 1990 meeting is also included in the supplement, for his presentation also focused on outcomes and future of medical practice and the direction of clinical health care quality. research in the 1990s, I am grateful to the Society for The Second Annual Research and Education Con­ Medical Decision Making and to AMIA for choosing to ference of the American Medical Informatics Associ­ publish the proceedings as a supplement. Both or­ ation (AMIA) was held in San Francisco in the spring ganizations again thank the AHCPR for supporting these of 1991. This conference had two themes: health out­ programs, which have already led to an increase in research project proposals that study decision mak­ comes research and the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). The UMLS, a project funded by the ing, informatics, and health outcomes.-JRB National Library of Medicine, aims to develop a com- http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Medical Decision Making SAGE

Introduction

Medical Decision Making , Volume 11 (4_suppl): 1 – Dec 1, 1991
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© 1991 Society for Medical Decision Making
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0272-989X
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1552-681X
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10.1177/0272989X9101104s01
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WITH THIS ISSUE, Medical Decision Making is pleased to prehensive dictionary of health care terms and con­ publish its first supplement. The materials in this col­ cepts that will enable automated interaction between literary, clinical, and outcomes data sources. From this lection come from two meetings, each supported by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). conference a set of high-quality papers was collected The 1990 Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical for the supplement and reviewed by the program com­ Decision Making focused on medical outcomes re­ mittee. search, and a symposium on the topic was featured Because the conferences had similar themes, and in the program. Mark Eckman and Frank Sonnenberg because the AHCPR sponsored a "proceedings" from edited the manuscript of the symposium for this sup­ each, the sponsoring organizations decided to publish the product jointly. With that decision, enough ma­ plement (a major undertaking for which they deserve terial was available for this supplement to MDM. In OUI' gratitude). Ted Shortliffe's presidential address from view of the importance of outcomes research to the the 1990 meeting is also included in the supplement, for his presentation also focused on outcomes and future of medical practice and the direction of clinical health care quality. research in the 1990s, I am grateful to the Society for The Second Annual Research and Education Con­ Medical Decision Making and to AMIA for choosing to ference of the American Medical Informatics Associ­ publish the proceedings as a supplement. Both or­ ation (AMIA) was held in San Francisco in the spring ganizations again thank the AHCPR for supporting these of 1991. This conference had two themes: health out­ programs, which have already led to an increase in research project proposals that study decision mak­ comes research and the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). The UMLS, a project funded by the ing, informatics, and health outcomes.-JRB National Library of Medicine, aims to develop a com-

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