The theme of the seventh congress (1995) in Washington, D. C. [was] "Health Information for the Global Village." Subthemes include the impact of culture, language, and history on health information; education for health information delivery; measuring the effectiveness of health information on patient care; role of the government in health information delivery; standards for health information; medical informatics and telecommunication; and legal and ethical questions in the delivery of health care and health information.

--excerpted from The International Congress on Medical Librarianship, 1953-1995:
Goals and Achievements by Susan Crawford.