Anticipating ³radical transformations² in medicine in coming decades, the dean of Harvard Medical School has authorized a full-scale department of biomedical informatics, effective July 1. Jeffrey Flier¹s move recognizes the growing importance of data in the healthcare professions, and, he said, builds on the school¹s ³outstanding record of achievement² in the field. Isaac Kohane, the Lawrence J. Henderson Professor of Pediatrics and director of the Countway Library of Medicine, will chair the new department.
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