HLST 2040 Study Guide - Final Guide: Public Health Informatics, Bioinformatics, Health Professional

• School: York University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLST 2040
• Professor: Christo El Morr

Document Summary

Chapter 1: introduction to health informatics: the word informatics is a translation of the russian word informatik, which was coined in 1968 by professor a. i. Mikhailov: informatique medicale meant to describe the application of computing to the medical eld and was introduced in the late 1960"s by the french literature in. Europe: in 1979, one of harrap"s dictionaries translated the term informatique medicale as. A hip should demonstrate understanding of the key characteristics of data and information within the health context and of the interrelationships of these characteristics in different informatics systems, decision support systems, computerized provider/physician order entry. They should be able to assess the gaps in current data and determine appropriate data sources to ll those gaps. Finally, the hip should be able to understand the current data standards and legal and ethical requirements (eg. , data privacy, con dentiality, security). American medical informatics association (amia) apps big data analytics bioinformatics.