medical informatics (health informatics, clinical informatics, clinical information technology)

Introduction

The intersection of information science, computer science, & health care.

Includes:

• medical computer applications
• clinical guidelines
• formal medical terminologies
• information & communication systems

Benefits:

• greater use of clinical information technology
  • lowers inpatient mortality
  • lowers mortality from myocardial infarcion & CABG
• greater use of decision support systems lowers mortality from pneumonia

More general terms

• informatics (information science)

More specific terms

• translational informatics (biomedical informatics)

Additional terms

• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
• medical literature