LSUS HCAD750 Module 1

healthcare informatics - the field of information science concerned with the mgmt of all aspects of health data; combination of principles from: disciplinary science, computer science, information science, cognitive science informatics - the science of information management in healthcare core elements of informatics - DIKW (data, information, knowledge, wisdom) data - raw facts information - data that has been interpreted for meaning knowledge - The awareness and understanding of a set of information and the ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or reach a decision. wisdom - appropriate use of knowledge Foundation of Knowledge model - helps to explain the ties between disciplinary science and informatics and knowledge; informatics is viewed as a tool for finding knowledge KA - knowledge acquisition KD - knowledge dissemination KG - knowledge generation KP - knowle