Difference between revisions of "Health informatics"
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| − | '''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. | + | '''Health informatics''' (also '''medical informatics''', '''clinical 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. |
Informatics is derived from the term ”information science”, which is the collection, classification, storage, and retrieval and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and applied science. When applied to a specific domain, such as medicine, nursing or dentistry, information science becomes “informatics”. | Informatics is derived from the term ”information science”, which is the collection, classification, storage, and retrieval and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and applied science. When applied to a specific domain, such as medicine, nursing or dentistry, information science becomes “informatics”. | ||
Revision as of 14:33, 19 October 2011
Health informatics (also medical informatics, clinical 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.
Informatics is derived from the term ”information science”, which is the collection, classification, storage, and retrieval and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and applied science. When applied to a specific domain, such as medicine, nursing or dentistry, information science becomes “informatics”.
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.
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