The American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI) was an organization created to encourage improvements in the state of medical care by encouraging the development of computer systems for that field.
On August 19, 1981, the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics was incorporated.
This organization came into existence as a result of the efforts of two predecessor organizations, the Society for Computer Medicine (SCM), incorporated in November, 1972, and the Society for Advanced Medical Systems (SAMS), incorporated in November, 1975, to merge into one.
AAMSI's main purpose was to support patient care, teaching, research, and health administration through the development and implementation of computer systems.
[2] A collection of AAMSI's papers were donated to the National Library of Medicine in 1987.