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Note on Friedman's ‘what informatics is and isn't’

Note on Friedman's ‘what informatics is and isn't’ PostScript with particles and sub-particles— challenging, intuitive hypothesis, but CORRESPONDENCE quantum information—or with not really a theorem, as it can be other biological entities such as cells, neither deduced nor demonstrated Note on Friedman’s ‘what tissues, organs, etc. This can refer to –nor falsified. informatics is and isn’t’ how DNA codes biological informa- ▸ It is not about informatics itself. If it tion, which is basically known, or were, it would address and explain how this information is translated an intrinsic concept related to Friedman’s article ‘What informatics is and transmitted to higher levels of informatics, such as logic, process- and isn’t’, presents a necessary and biological aggregation and function ing, communication, storage, etc, timely analysis of the field of informatics. through living cells such as human which could help develop new the- After defining some of its characteristics, neurons, which is as yet unknown. ories, methods or products specific training needs and also examples of what As Shannon himself realized and to informatics, but is here instead it isn’t, the author re-introduces what he stated, his (syntactical) theory was focused on the operational use of has called ‘the fundamental theorem of not relevant to capture the charac- informatics http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Oxford University Press

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10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001807
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Abstract

PostScript with particles and sub-particles— challenging, intuitive hypothesis, but CORRESPONDENCE quantum information—or with not really a theorem, as it can be other biological entities such as cells, neither deduced nor demonstrated Note on Friedman’s ‘what tissues, organs, etc. This can refer to –nor falsified. informatics is and isn’t’ how DNA codes biological informa- ▸ It is not about informatics itself. If it tion, which is basically known, or were, it would address and explain how this information is translated an intrinsic concept related to Friedman’s article ‘What informatics is and transmitted to higher levels of informatics, such as logic, process- and isn’t’, presents a necessary and biological aggregation and function ing, communication, storage, etc, timely analysis of the field of informatics. through living cells such as human which could help develop new the- After defining some of its characteristics, neurons, which is as yet unknown. ories, methods or products specific training needs and also examples of what As Shannon himself realized and to informatics, but is here instead it isn’t, the author re-introduces what he stated, his (syntactical) theory was focused on the operational use of has called ‘the fundamental theorem of not relevant to capture the charac- informatics

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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association – Oxford University Press

Published: Dec 16, 2013

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