Allison Prentice

HLTH-302 Sec 004

Professor Irobi

1/24/2021

Week 1 Assignment

Health informatics is a relatively young multidisciplinary discipline in the healthcare

business that employs digital technologies to collect and interpret medical records in order to

enhance patient outcomes. Health Information Systems is another name for it. Health informatics

is a fast expanding discipline in the healthcare industry that deals with the resources, technology,

and procedures needed to obtain, store, retrieve, and utilize health and medical data. Patients,

physicians, nurses, hospital managers, insurance companies, and health information

technologists all have digitized access to patient information thanks to healthcare informatics

efforts. While there are several conflicting interpretations of health informatics, two facts remain

constant. By caring for patient populations to enhancing the health of large communities, health

informatics is altering the practice of medicine. One of several nation's quickest going sectors,

health informatics offers well-paying career opportunities for those with the necessary

knowledge and qualifications. The objective of the ever-evolving discipline of health informatics

is to use this data and the insights it generates to do the following. Individual and clinical patient

care should be improved. Ensuring the health of whole populations is a priority. To also enable

health-care organizations to give care at a lower cost

 References:

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And How? (2021, June 29). University of Pittsburgh Blog. Retrieved from: https://

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- American Health Information Management Association. (2014, September). Defining the

Basics of Health Informatics for HIM Professionals. Retrieved from: http://library.ahima.org/

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- HITC Staff. (2016, March 2). 6 Ways Health Informatics Is Transforming Health Care. HIT

Consultant. Retrieved from: https://hitconsultant.net/2016/03/02/health-informatics-

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