Results: CMIAAS and CPMI are mainstream academic conferences, while CHINC and CHITEC are industry conferences in China. The scale, composition, and regional distribution of attendees, topics, and research fields for each conference were summarized and compared.

Methods: We conducted a quantitative and qualitative analysis of four MI conferences in China and two in the United States: China Medical Information Association Annual Symposium (CMIAAS), China Hospital Information Network Annual Conference (CHINC), China Health Information Technology Exchange Annual Conference (CHITEC), China Annual Proceeding of Medical Informatics (CPMI) versus the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Objective: Our aim was to understand the development of MI and the state of continuing education in China and the United States from the perspective of conferences.

However, to the best of our knowledge, research on the outcomes of this ambitious undertaking has been limited.

JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology 27 articlesĮmail: China launched its second health reform in 2010 with considerable investments in medical informatics (MI).

JMIR Biomedical Engineering 65 articles.

JMIR Perioperative Medicine 75 articles.

Journal of Participatory Medicine 75 articles.

JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies 184 articles.

JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting 251 articles.

Interactive Journal of Medical Research 274 articles.

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 998 articles.

Journal of Medical Internet Research 7021 articles.

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