Unit 1: What is Health Informatics? Lecture A

This video gives an overview of what health informatics is all about. Health informatics is the study of information and information systems in healthcare such as electronic health records, clinical decision support systems, laboratory information systems and more. This video (and the "Introduction to Health IT" playlist) is designed to introduce the topic of health informatics to people new to the field.

0:00 Introduction
0:49 What is Health Informatics? Learning Objectives
1:43 Information Management
3:13 Information System (Technology)
5:51 Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom Hierarchy
7:42 Fundamental Theorem of
13:01 Heath Informatics
14:04 Biomedical Informatics
20:11 Current Drivers
21:45 Current Trends in Health Informatics
22:49 eHealth
24:48 Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
25:55 Electronic Health Record (EHR)
27:22 Health Information Exchange (HIE)