Definition
Health informatics is the science and practice of data, information, and knowledge to support the improvement of human health and healthcare delivery (International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) 2016; American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2011). A branch of health informatics – aged care informatics – is the application of health informatics to aging or to support the health of older adults.
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Health informatics applies the principles of computer, information, social, and health sciences. It is a multidisciplinary and integrated field that drives innovation in research, education, public health, service delivery, and consumer healthcare. There are several specialized areas within health informatics. According to the application of computer, information, and social science within a specialized discipline area, health informatics can be further classified into biomedical...
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Butler-Henderson, K. (2019). Health Informatics. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_447-1
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