Health Informatics - Clinical Informatics

Clinical Informatics

Clinical Informatics is concerned with the use of information in health care by clinicians.

Clinical informaticians transform health care by analyzing, designing, implementing, and evaluating information and communication systems that enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship. Clinical informaticians use their knowledge of patient care combined with their understanding of informatics concepts, methods, and health informatics tools to:

• assess information and knowledge needs of health care professionals and patients,
• characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes,
• develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems, and
• lead or participate in the procurement, customization, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical information systems.

Clinicians collaborate with other health care and information technology professionals to develop health informatics tools which promote patient care that is safe, efficient, effective, timely, patient-centered, and equitable.