Difference between revisions of "Health informatics"
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imaging informatics, | imaging informatics, | ||
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[[Public Health Informatics]], | [[Public Health Informatics]], | ||
[[Dental informatics]], | [[Dental informatics]], | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 18 October 2011
Health informatics (also medical informatics) is the intersection of information science, medicine and health care. It deals with the resources, devices and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of information in health and biomedicine. Health informatics tools include not only computers but also clinical guidelines, formal medical terminologies, and information and communication systems.
Subdomains of (bio)medical or health care informatics include: clinical informatics, nursing informatics, imaging informatics, Consumer health informatics, Public Health Informatics, Dental informatics, clinical research informatics, bioinformatics and pharmacy informatics.
[Source: Wikipedia]
