- "Health informatics is the field of science and engineering that aims at developing methods and technologies for the acquisition, processing, and study of patient data."
This topic is the use of information technology to manage and analyze medical data. It includes topics such as electronic health records (EHR), medical coding, and health information exchange (HIE).
Healthcare Information Systems: Introduction to the basics of healthcare information systems, their components, and how they are used for patient care and management.
Electronic Health Records (EHRs): Overview of electronic medical records (EMRs) and electronic health records (EHRs), their importance, advantages, and challenges in implementation.
Medical Terminology: Introduction to the language of medicine, including roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Learning medical terminology is important to understand the various medical procedures and medical informatics better.
Health IT Standards: Overview of the various healthcare information technology (HIT) standards used for data exchange and interoperability, such as HL7, CDA, FHIR, etc.
Health Analytics: Statistical and quantitative techniques used for processing and analyzing medical data to improve healthcare delivery and management.
Health Information Exchange (HIE): Overview of HIE systems, their importance, benefits, and challenges in implementation.
Decision Support Systems: Introduction to computer systems designed to provide healthcare professionals with decision-making support tools and resources.
Clinical Workflow and Process Modeling: Techniques for modeling clinical workflows and processes to improve patient care and reduce errors.
Medical Imaging: Introduction to various medical imaging modalities, such as X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, etc.
Telemedicine and Telehealth: Overview of the use of telecommunication technologies in healthcare, including telemedicine, teleconsultations, and remote patient monitoring.
Genomics and Precision Medicine: Introduction to the use of genomic data to personalize medical care, generate personalized treatment plans for patients, and improve outcomes.
Public Health Informatics: Overview of the use of health IT to monitor public health trends and disease outbreaks, surveillance, and control.
Health Privacy and Security: Overview of the various privacy and security regulations and guidelines that govern healthcare data and patient information.
Mobile Health (mHealth): Overview of the use of mobile communication technologies, such as smartphones and wearables, in healthcare delivery and management.
Health Information Management (HIM): Overview of the HIM profession, including the role of HIM professionals in managing health records and ensuring their accuracy, completeness, and confidentiality.
Health Information Management (HIM): This specialization deals with the collection, analysis, and management of healthcare data.
Telemedicine: It involves the use of telecommunication and information technologies to provide remote medical care.
Clinical Decision Support (CDS): Helps healthcare professionals to make informed decisions by providing relevant information at the point of care.
Nursing Informatics: Integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science for the management and processing of nursing data.
Medical Imaging Informatics: Deals with the management and processing of medical images, such as MRI, X-ray, and CT scans.
Public Health Informatics: Focuses on the use of technology to improve the health of entire populations, including the prevention of diseases and promotion of healthy lifestyles.
Health Informatics Education: Provides training and education to clinicians, administrators, and other healthcare professionals on how to effectively use technology and data in healthcare.
Bioinformatics: Combines biology, computer science, and statistics to analyze and interpret biological data, such as DNA sequences and protein structures.
Clinical Research Informatics: Supports the conduct of clinical trials by managing and analyzing data on patient outcomes, safety, and efficacy.
Health Informatics Policy and Governance: Deals with the development and implementation of policies and regulations related to healthcare technology and data.
- "Patient data, which can come from different sources and modalities, such as electronic health records, diagnostic test results, medical scans."
- "The disciplines involved combine medicine fields with computing fields, in particular computer engineering, software engineering, information engineering, bioinformatics, bio-inspired computing, theoretical computer science, information systems, data science, information technology, autonomic computing, and behavior informatics."
- "In academic institutions, medical informatics research focuses on applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare and designing medical devices based on embedded systems."
- "In some countries, the term informatics is also used in the context of applying library science to data management in hospitals."
- "'Clinical informaticians' are qualified health and social care professionals."
- "'Clinical informatics' is a subspecialty within several medical specialties."
- "The health domain provides an extremely wide variety of problems that can be tackled using computational techniques."
- "The disciplines involved combine medicine fields with computing fields."
- "Computer engineering, software engineering, information engineering, bioinformatics, bio-inspired computing, theoretical computer science, information systems, data science, information technology, autonomic computing, and behavior informatics."
- "Computational innovations are applied to improve health care."
- "Medical informatics research focuses on applications of artificial intelligence in healthcare."
- "Developing methods and technologies for the acquisition, processing, and study of patient data."
- "Patient data can come from different sources and modalities, such as electronic health records, diagnostic test results, medical scans."
- "Computer engineering, software engineering, information engineering, bioinformatics, bio-inspired computing, theoretical computer science, information systems, data science, information technology, autonomic computing, and behavior informatics."
- "Applying library science to data management in hospitals."
- "The design, development, and application of computational innovations to improve health care."
- "'Clinical informaticians' are qualified health and social care professionals."
- "'Clinical informatics' is a subspecialty within several medical specialties."
- "Health informatics is a spectrum of multidisciplinary fields."