Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics (pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪkəl ɪnfərˈmætɪks/) is an interdisciplinary field that uses health information technology to improve healthcare via any combination of higher quality, higher efficiency (spurring lower cost and thus greater availability), and new opportunities. The disciplines involved include information science, computer science, social science, behavioral science, management science, and others.
Etymology
The term "Medical Informatics" was first used in the 1960s and is a combination of "Medical" (from the Latin medicus, meaning "physician") and "Informatics" (from French informatique, meaning "computer science"), indicating its focus on the use of technology in the field of medicine.
Related Terms
- Health Informatics: An overarching term that encompasses all applications of information and communication technologies in the healthcare field, including medical informatics as a sub-discipline.
- Clinical Informatics: A sub-discipline of medical informatics that focuses on systems and processes in clinical care.
- Public Health Informatics: This is the application of informatics in areas of public health, including surveillance, prevention, preparedness, and health promotion.
- Bioinformatics: A field that focuses on the development and application of computational tools and approaches for expanding the use of biological, medical, behavioral, and health data.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Medical Informatics
- Wikipedia's article - Medical Informatics
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