Whats Health Informatic all about.

nightingale, RN · May 12, 2004

I moved this thread to the Nurse Informatics Forum for a response.

I also deleted the email as it is NOT nomally something we encourage. The purpose of the BB is to post. We do allow you to list your personal email addy or PM if posters feel the need to contact you directly.

Thanks for posting and welcome to the BB!

night

b_brown167 · May 12, 2004

thanks for putting my message on a more appropriate board

b_brown167

nightingale, RN · May 12, 2004

You are welcome! Thanks for participating on the board!

night

rninformatics, DNP, RN · May 12, 2004

What information (specifically) are you looking for related to "Health Informatics"?

I work better when given specific instructions/details.

Hello everybody
I'm a noob to this game and really need some help regarding info related to Health Informatic!
This might sound like a bit of a dated subject but...
Can anybody help..., will b_brown167 never find the answers he is looking for...
To find out, tune in next week...
Only jokin', but some help would be nice.
Cheers!
As I said any help at all will be useful

treblet · Jun 22, 2004

Hello everybody
I'm a noob to this game and really need some help regarding info related to Health Informatic!

Health Informatics is a wide field and consists of subfields and was previously known as Medical Informatics. The new coinage - Health Informatics was brought about to embrace other aspects of health that might not be neccessarily be medically related.

In one sentence, Health Informatics is the gathering, analysing and organizing of health related information using current information technologies. It is a specialized field, made up of several subspecialties, including nursing informatics.

There are various resoucrces out there that are better in giving a better explanation than I. You could try this site http://www.biohealthmatics.com but if it does not provide you with the answers you require, I would happy to find out more for you. Just let me know exactly what you are looking for.

carm4502 · Jun 23, 2004

I use the definition from the ANA when I try to explain what it is I do for Nursing informatics in Australia. It can be found in the ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Informatics Practice 2001 document on page vii. The definition is succinct and easy to understand and relate to practice. Hope this helps. :)