Introduction to MIM working groups

The objective is to provide at least a minimum of information covering the most critical issues of our time. The available knowledge and experience should be made easily accessible for all members of the association.

This chapter is just starting. It is intended to support the activities of specialized working groups. The approach is to maintain a kind of "Who is Who" list. We want to know where expertise is available in Belgium. Virtual Working Groups do not need to have many physical meetings, but are expected to maintain web pages showing comprehensive overviews of their specific areas.

These VWG are invited to keep all the other members of the MIM informed of ongoing activities. They will also be asked to present their work for discussion, on some occasions, at least once every 3 years. This could be organized as sessions during the yearly MIC congress, or maybe as simple evening conferences.

Volunteers are welcome to coordinate new working groups and to provide information in dedicated web pages referred from this chapter. Proposals will be submitted to the board of the MIM.

The application of informatics in healthcare may include a very broad range of objectives.
Keep in mind that the ultimate goals of all our activities should be "citizen oriented" (Jean-Claude Healy and Ilias Iakovidis / DG XIII / EU).

Preliminary Guidelines of VWG :

• VWG are open to all members of the MIM, willing to contribute to the team and having if possible some experience in the particular fled of the VWG.
• Proposal for new Virtual Working Groups should be presented to the board of the MIM, as well in case of important modifications.
• Members of an VWG must be registered members of the MIM (see the MIM application form). The contribution is currently about 50 Euros a year. Persons who are already members of other associated medial informatics associations (e.g. other European assoiations, IMIA, ...) could be accepted as "invited members".
• Experts are responsible of the content of the web page of the WG.
• The VWG should comply with the Internet HON Code of Conduct.
• Scientific independence of the experts is a key issue.
  However links to commercial soucres of information may be useful, but must clearly appear as being advertisements.
• The MIM keep the right to exclude a VWG who should not comply with scientific and ethical standards.
• See the Template for new Virtual Working Groups.

List of working groups