Helmuth Orthner Explained

Helly Orthner
Birth Date:March 27, 1941
Birth Place:Silz, Tyrol, Austria
Death Place:Washington D.C., US
Fields:Medical Informatics
Workplaces:George Washington University, University of Utah, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alma Mater:Technical University of Munich, University of Pennsylvania
Known For:Father of SCAMC

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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