Health Informatics: An Introduction
Abstract: Health informatics
is a growing field that employs computer and information science into health
sector towards providing higher
quality patient care
through better management
and availability of information. However, the terminology of
health informatics is poorly understood and not even agreed upon by
academics and professionals. This
paper will discuss
and elaborate the
field of health informatics including various
terminologies and definition as well as the benefit for health sector and its
challenges.
Keywords: Health
Informatics, Medical Informatics
Bioinformatics, Electronic Medical
Records (EMR), Electronic Prescribing Systems (EPS)
Author: I Made Agus Setiawan
Journal Code: jptkomputergg130001
