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Helmuth Orthner

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Known for
  
Father of SCAMC

Name
  
Helmuth Orthner


Died
  
March 2009

Fields
  
Health informatics

Institutions
  
George Washington University, University of Utah, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alma mater
  
Technical University of Munich, University of Pennsylvania

Education
  
University of Pennsylvania, Technische Universitat Munchen

Dr. Helmuth F. "Helly" Orthner (March 27, 1941 – March 16, 2009) was a pioneering American scientist in the field of medical informatics. He was one of the founders of the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC), which later grew into the American Medical Informatics Association. He was a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.

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Helmuth Orthner Wikipedia