Abstract: This chapter provides an overview of Health Informatics’ evolution as a discipline and specialty within the healthcare industry. It describes basic informatics definitions, the history of the field, the different types of informatics and informatics theories, health information exchange and interoperability, and the different categories of health information systems. The authors discuss the key players and the Health Informatics professional/Health Informaticians’ role as part of the healthcare team and the importance of the multidisciplinary educational background and collaborations in implementing successful Health IT initiatives. The final section describes the role and challenges of emerging technologies and their potential to play a transformative role in the healthcare system, with a final discussion on the importance of interprofessional training for sustainable change.
Publication Year: 2022
Publication Date: 2022-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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