Special Interest Groups Thoroughly discuss two groups I wanted to include what a Special interest Group is, because I did not know what they were until I read the following: Special Interest Groups (SIGs) “Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are chartered by the Board of Directors to give members with similar professional specialties the opportunity to exchange ideas and keep themselves informed about current and discrete developments in their fields. The activities of the SIGs, planned by their members and elected officers, provide clear indication of the diverse interests and needs of ASIS&T members. Through participation in SIGs, you can help design what, in essence, are small professional organizations within the broader national society. Only ASIS&T members can belong to SIGs, though each member can belong to as many SIGs as desired. Current SIGs and their chairs and a brief description of each SIG's activities are listed below. You can join SIGS by going to the membership section of this Web site. For more information about a particular SIG, contact the SIG's chair.” Each SIG has it's own e-mail list (online discussion group). Click here for E-Mail List instructions! Health Informatics …show more content…
Health informatics provides a forum for people to share and manage their knowledge to help improve the quality effectiveness and use of financial information data transfer, and communication through experimentation of medical informatics. Some areas of interest are text, numeric and image data bases. Different ways of collecting medical information for academic groups and solo purposes, this helps the public understand health