Indian Association for Medical Informatics

It was established in Feb 1993 by Prof. Dr. Nanduri Gajanana Rao BSc, MBBS, MNAMS, PhD (Computer Aided Medicine) at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad.

3774/93 The objectives[1] of the IAMI are to sensitize the Indian medical community to the benefits of Information Technology (IT), bring about awareness and ensure greater utilization of IT in healthcare facilities across the length and breadth of India.

It provides various communication and interaction channels among its members by means of e-groups and through publication of a scholarly journal (IJMI).

The first President (Honorary) was Dr RD Lele, Professor of Nuclear Medicine and Director, Jaslok Hospital, Bombay.

It has been organising a conference every two years on roles and applications of informatics in medicine, health and allied fields in various states of India.

The fifth conference was held in 2005 at Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences in Amritsar by the then President Dr OP Sharma and Prof Sanjay Bedi.

Which has now grown into the de facto information source for medical informatics-related activities in India for its members as well as non-members.

Many of its old and present office bearers are part of several Government of India (GOI) initiatives in the areas of telemedicine, especially in the area of development of standards and guidelines for the practice of telemedicine, online medical education and electronic medical records or electronic health records.