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.
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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.
Clinical Improvements
In order to test theories within hospitals and patient care, models can be well applied and then their progress analyzed through health informatics
Physician Training
Physician/Patient Communication
Research Informatics
Education
Ethical Issues
One of the greatest issues facing health informatics is that of privacy. With electronic medical records, a patient’s entire health history, and very private information, are accessible to a skillful hacker.
