2. INTRODUCTION
Health informatics has become one of the
new buzz-words in health care. In their
daily work health care professionals are
confronted with a growing number of
computers and computer application.
Health informatics and information
technology provide tools for the
acquisition, preparation, distribution of
medical data and knowledge.
3. Difinition
Health informatics:
it is an umbrella term referring to
the application of the methodologies and
techniques of information science,
computing, networking and
communications to support health and
health related disciplines such
as medicine, nursing, pharmacy and
dentistry
-WHO
4. Goals and objective of health
informatics
⚫To provide solutions for problems related
to data, information and knowledge
processing.
⚫To study general principles of processing
data, information and knowledge in
medicine and health care.
⚫To provide structures for pooling,
communicating and applying clinical
evidence.
5. Element of health informatics
Acquisition
Storage
communication
Manipulation
Display
6. Who involve in health informatics
⚫Clinical personnel
⚫Nonclinical personnel
⚫Health care administrator
⚫Health educator
⚫IT professionals
⚫Insurance company
⚫Policy maker
8. Health information system
⚫It is define as a mechanism for collection,
processing, analysis and transmission
required for organising and operating
health services and also for research and
training.
9. Sources of health information
system
⚫Censes
⚫Sample registration system
⚫Hospital records
⚫Disease registers
⚫Record linkage
⚫Environmental health data
⚫Notification of disease.
11. Uses of health information system
⚫ To measure the health status of the people
and to quantify their health problems and
medical and health care needs.
⚫ For local, national and international
comparisons of health status.
⚫ For planning, administration and effective
management of health services and
programs.
⚫ For assessing the attitudes and degree of
satisfaction of beneficiaries with the health
system.
⚫ For research into particular problem of health
and disease.
12. Nursing informatics
science and practice that integrates
nursing, its information and knowledge,
with management of information and
communication technologies to promote
the health of people, families, and
communities worldwide.
-ANA 2009
14. Purposes of nursing informatics
⚫ Nursing Education: Through nursing
informatics, nursing students can retrieve
literature. Computers have significantly
present huge amounts of data and
catalogues which can search systematically.
⚫ Computer- Assisted Learning:
Nursing students can enjoy learning the basic
nursing care through software programs.
⚫ Distance Learning:
Through nursing informatics, online degrees
in nursing and continued professional
education have been a trend
15. ⚫Documentation of Client Status and
medical records Nursing informatics can
make the impossible organization of huge
records possible.
⚫Care to patients :Nursing informatics has
a numerous positive outcomes in
delivering care to patients.
16. Advantages of nursing informatics
⚫ Nurse Informaticists promote and facilitate
access to resources and references.
⚫ Support for their mission to deliver high
quality, evidence-based care
⚫ Support for better service by facilitating true
interdisciplinary care
⚫ Improvement in key relationships with
Providers and care recipient
⚫ Enable cost savings and productivity goals
⚫ Facilitate change management
⚫ Enhance continuity of care
