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Health Informatics

• Occurs at the intersection of information
literacy,computer literacy and the application of
professional knowledge during the delivery of
health care services

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Information Literacy
• In an era when today’s become
Tomorrow’s outdated concepts,individuals who are unable to
gather pertinent information are almost as helpless as those
who are unable to read or write(Brevik & gee,1989)

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Computer Literacy

• Fluency with information technology (FIT)
• FITness is accquired through
- concepts of how technology works
-Skills using computer applications
-Apply the knowledge and adapt to
change(Lin,2000)
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Professional Knowledge

• Information and computer literacy progress in
each of these areas has been steady in spite of
political,educational,attitudinal,environmental
and economic barriers(Moehr,1997)

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Professional Knowledge
• Ten aims and tasks to health informatics
- Diagnosis
-Therapy
-Simulation training
-Early recognition &prevention
-Compensation for physical disabilities
-Consulting
-Reporting
-Health care info system
-Computerised Patient records
-Decision support systems

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Nursing Informatics
• Use of computer technology in all nursing
endeavours: service,education and research
(Scholes&Barber ,1980)
• Combines nursing ,information, and computer
sciences to manage and communicate
information to support nurses and health care
providers in decision making(ANA,2001)
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