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what is the difference between computer science and informatics? - ANSWER-
computer science studies computers, informatics studies computers & PEOPLE
what 3 specialties does informatics integrate? - ANSWER-nursing science
computer science
information science
The study of design, application, and use of information technology - ANSWER-
Informatics
what 3 things does informatics manage, process & communicate? - ANSWER-nursing
data
information
knowledge
what interaction does nursing informatics increasingly include? - ANSWER-interaction
between the nurse professional and the patient
Thinking about how something is put together - ANSWER-design
how an idea is applied - ANSWER-application
how technology affects how care is delivered - ANSWER-Information Technology
, effects on informatics in healthcare - ANSWER-- facilitates PT care by serving as an
organized "external memory"
- enhances communication between providers and specialists
- ensure continuity of care during inpatient stays & across outpatient visits
- legal & financial purposes
- research support
- using data for discovery (causes of disease from data based of pt info, handle data
uncertainty, infer new knowledge from existing knowledge
why is informatics helpful to patients? - ANSWER-- Facilitate patient care by serving as
organized "external memory"
- Enhance communications between providers and specialists
- Ensure continuity of care during inpatient stays and across outpatient visits
- Assist in legal and financial purposes
- Support Research
directed at the level of molecular and cellular processes - ANSWER-bioinformatics
directed at the level of tissues and organs (pathology informatics, radiology informatics)
- ANSWER-imaging informatics
directed at the level of individuals (includes medical informatics, nursing informatics,
dental, etc.) - ANSWER-clinical informatics AKA healthcare informatics
increasingly includes the interaction between the nurse professional and the patient -
ANSWER-nursing informatics