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Edward J. Hinman Medical Informatics Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 547

Abstract

Board meeting notes, drafts of by-laws and constitutions, reports, correspondence, conference packets, and publications represent materials collected by Edward J. Hinman during his executive involvement with the activities of six interrelated medical informatics societies from the late 1960s to 1990: Society for Advanced Medical Systems; American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics; Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology; Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, Inc.; American Medical Informatics Association; Medinfo '86

Dates

  • Creation: 1969-1990

Extent

6.25 Linear Feet

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

Copyright and Re-use Information

Donor's copyrights were transferred to the public domain. Archival collections often contain mixed copyrights; while NLM is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. It is the user's responsibility to research and understand any applicable copyright and re-publication rights not allowed by fair use. NLM does not grant permissions to publish.

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Biographical Note

Medical informatics is the understanding and promoting of the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in the health field. Informatics views technology as an integral tool to help organize, analyze, manage, and use medical information. Throughout his career Edward Hinman has been active and influential personality within the medical informatics field, serving in various roles including president and board member for the societies and organizations comprising this collection: Society for Advanced Medical Systems; Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology; Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, Inc.; American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics; American Medical Informatics Association.

Edward John Hinman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on November 10, 1931. He received his Bachelor's from the University of Oklahoma in 1951, his Doctorate in medicine from Tulane University in 1955 and his Master in public health from Johns Hopkins in 1971.

In 1955 he started his career in the United States Public Health Service (PHS) as an intern at the PHS hospital in New Orleans. He followed his internship with an internal medicine residency at the Baltimore, Maryland PHS hospital from 1958 to 1961. In 1973 he served as Director of the special research and development project at the National Center for Health Service Research located in Rockville, Maryland. His final position, Assistant Surgeon General and Director of the division of hospitals and clinics, started the following year and lasted until his retirement from the PHS in 1978.

After retiring from the Public Health Service in 1978 Hinman became the CEO of the Group Health Association. In 1984 he served as the president of Risk Control Services of Washington until 1986. After his time with Risk Control Services he became the Medical Director of Prudential Care of Washington from 1986 to 1989 and later Regional Medical Director of Lincoln National Health Plan of Washington from 1990 to 1992. Since 1992 to the time of this sketch Hinman is currently serving as the Vice President of Medical Affairs for Total Health Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.

Collection Summary

Board meeting notes, drafts of by-laws and constitutions, reports, correspondence, conference packets, and publications (1969-1980; 6.25 linear feet) represent materials collected by Edward J. Hinman during his executive involvement with the activities of six interrelated medical informatics societies from the late 1960s to 1990. Oversized materials include membership lists, articles of amendments, and a certificate of incorporation.

The collection primarily highlights Hinman's service as a board member, society president, committee chair, treasurer, and policy creator for the six organizations represented here. Of particular interest are materials from SAMS (Series 1), where as president of the Society and also as chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Allied Health Apprenticeship and Training that the Committee developed national standards for apprenticeship training in a selected group of allied health occupations. He was most active in SAMS and its successor, the AAMSI (Series 2).

The collection comprises six series: Society for Advanced Medical Systems, 1969-1982; American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics, 1980-1990; Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1971-1986; Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, Inc., 1979-1989; American Medical Informatics Association, 1988-1990; Medinfo '86, 1983-1987

Abstract

Board meeting notes, drafts of by-laws and constitutions, reports, correspondence, conference packets, and publications represent materials collected by Edward J. Hinman during his executive involvement with the activities of six interrelated medical informatics societies from the late 1960s to 1990: Society for Advanced Medical Systems; American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics; Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology; Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, Inc.; American Medical Informatics Association; Medinfo '86

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Provenance

Gift, Edward J. Hinman, 8/14/1992. Acc # 755.

Related Materials/Collections

MS C 433 American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics Records, 1971-1984

General

Processed by
Daniel J. Lavoie II
Processing Completed
January 2005
Encoded by
John P. Rees
Title
Finding Aid to the Edward J. Hinman Medical Informatics Collection1969-1990
Status
Unverified Partial Draft
Author
Daniel J. Lavoie II
Date
January 2005
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English
Edition statement
1.0

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area

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