Health Informatics

Health Informatics is an interdisciplinary field combining information science and health care to create and execute policies, technologies, and guidelines based on the analysis of information across health fields.

Applications

Electronic Medical Records

Electronic Medical Records are a virtual documentation of all a patient’s medical history, particularly at a specific location. Generally, the records are isolated to the location in which they are created: the hospital, private practice, or clinic. Electronic medical records offer an advantage internally, as they allow for all records to be chronicled uniformly in one location. Doctors in different departments have access to the same information in real time. Issues involving electronic medical records include