Beyond Medical Informatics

Many use Google as a default search engine for free information, including freely available journal articles.

However, let’s not forget one of the most–if not the most–useful resource for free medical journals: PubMed Central.

PubMed Central (PMC) is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

I can be guilty of using Google too much, even when other resources, especially PubMed Central, are more appropriate. This post is my way of reminding myself of this invaluable online resource.

Here are quick links for Health Informatics journals:

• PMC Journal List [Search result]
• The Open Medical Informatics Journal
• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
• Journal of Pathology Informatics
• Cancer Informatics
• Journal of Pathology Informatics

For Telemedicine journals:

• PMC Journal List [Search result]
• International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
• Telemedicine Journal and e-Health

I found a great resource for NLM Updates:

NLM In Focus

This electronic newsletter gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the National Library of Medicine and how its vast resources are being used to improve public health and safety, and advance science and medicine.

The US NLM is important to me because I spent over 2 years there for my Postdoc Fellowship in Medical Informatics. I am still looking forward to future collaborations with them once I get the right projects.

A personal emphasis on the article, Going Mobile: Information When and Where You Need It. It tackles research topics in Mobile technology and access–projects I worked with back in NLM with my mentor, Dr. Paul Fontelo (who was also mentioned in the article).