The following persons are Finnish members in the IMIA and EFMI Working Groups. The person for each WG is the national contact person appointed by FinnSHIA.

IMIA

Health and medical informatics education (WG 1)

• Kaija Saranto, University of Kuopio kaija.saranto (at) uku.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Consumer health informatics (WG 2)

• Päivi Kiviranta, Seinäjoki Polytechnic paivi.kiviranta (at) seamk.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Intelligent data analysis and data mining (WG 3)

• Erkki Pesonen, University of Kuopio erkki.pesonen (at) uku.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Data protection in health information systems (WG 4)

• Pekka Ruotsalainen, STAKES pekka.ruotsalainen (at) stakes.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Primary health care informatics (WG 5)

• Pekka Hosia, pekka.hosia (at) porvoo.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Medical concept representation (WG 6)

Biomedical pattern recognition and signal processing (WG 7)

• Alpo Värri, Technical University of Tampere varri (at) cs.tut.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Mental health informatics (WG 8)

Health informatics for development (WG 9)

• Mikko Korpela, University of Kuopio mikko.korpela (at) uku.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Healthcare information systems (WG 10)

• Juha Mykkänen, University of Kuopio juha.mykkanen (at) uku.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)
• Mikko Korpela, University of Kuopio mikko.korpela (at) uku.fi

Dental informatics (WG 11)

• Asko Savola, University of Turku/Turku Polytechnic asko.savola (at) turkuamk.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Biomedical Statistics and Information Processing (WG 12)

• Pirjo Halonen, University of Kuopio pirjo.halonen (at) uku.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Organizational and social issues (WG 13)

• Pentti Itkonen, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health pentti.itkonen (at) stm.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Technology assessment and quality development in HI (WG 15)

• Pirkko Nykänen, University of Tampere pirkko.nykanen (at) uta.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Standards in health care informatics (WG 16)

• Alpo Värri, Technical University of Tampere varri (at) cs.tut.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Computerised patient records (WG 17)

• Kristiina Junttila, Jorvi Hospital/University of Turku kristiina.junttila (at) hus.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

Telematics in healthcare (WG 18)

• Niilo Saranummi, VTT niilo.saranummi (at) vtt.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

IMIA SIG NI, Nursing informatics

• Anneli Ensio, University of Kuopio anneli.ensio (at) uku.fi (FinnSHIA rep. for IMIA)

EFMI

MCMS – MBDS, Case Mix and Severity of cases

DPS - Data Protection and Security

• Pekka Ruotsalainen, STAKES pekka.ruotsalainen (at) stakes.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

NURSIE – Nursing Informatics in Europe

• Kaija Saranto, University of Kuopio kaija.saranto (at) uku.fi(FinnSHIA rep. for EFMI)

IPM – Information Planning and Modelling in Health Care

EDU – Education in Health Informatics

• Kaija Saranto, University of Kuopio kaija.saranto (at) uku.fi(FinnSHIA rep.)

PCI - Primary Care Informatics

• Pekka Hosia, pekka.hosia (at) porvoo.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

NLU – Natural Language Understanding

OIMI – Organisational Impact in Medical Informatics

• Pentti Itkonen, North Karelia Hospital District pentti.itkonen (at) pkshp.fi (FinnSHIA rep.)

EVAL – Assessment of Health Information Systems

• Pirkko Nykänen, University of Tampere pirkko.nykanen (at) uta.fi, (FinnSHIA rep.,co-chair)

EHR – Electronic Heath Record

MIP – Medical Imaging Processing