Information Management
and the Application of
Technology -C468
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
, What is INFORMATICS? - Answer: The science and art of turning data into information.
Health Informatics - Answer: The application of computer and information science in all basic and
applied biomedical sciences to facilitate the acquisition, processing, interpretation, optimal use, and
communication of health-related data. The focus is the patient and the process of care, and the goal is
to enhance the quality and efficiency of care provided.
What is Medical Informatics? - Answer: May be used to refer to the application of information science
and technology to acquire, process, organize, interpret, store, use, and communicate medical data in all
of its forms in medical education, practice and research, patient care, and health management; the term
may also refer more broadly to the application of informatics to all of the healthcare disciplines as well
as the practice of medicine.
Bioinformatics - Answer: Bioinformatics. The application of computer and IT to the management of
biological information including the development of databases and
Consumer health informatics - Answer: Consumer health informatics. Study of patient use of online
information and communication to improve health outcomes and decisions.
Dental Informatics - Answer: Computer and information sciences to improve dental practice, research,
education, and management.
Clinical Health Informatics - Answer: Multidisciplinary field that focuses on the enhancement of clinical
information management at the point of healthcare through improvement of information processes,
implementation of clinical information systems, and the use and evaluation of CDS tools as a means to
improve the effectiveness, quality, and value of the services rendered.
Public Health Informatics - Answer: Application of information and computer science and technology to
public health practice, research, and learning.
Nursing Informatics - Answer: Nursing informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science,
computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge
and wisdom into nursing practice. Nursing informatics facilitates the integration of data, information,
knowledge and wisdom to support patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision making in all
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