The Accreditation Procedure Ensures Quality of Education in Biomedical and Health Informatics.

The Accreditation and Certification Committee (AC2) of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) has initiated, firstly, a collection of data on the existing academic programs in Europe in Biomedical and Health Informatics in Europe, and, secondly, the implementation of the accreditation process for programs. This paper presents the background and the procedures to be applied for the implementation.