At the intersection of healthcare and information technology is health informatics — the science that guides the collection, analysis and use of data. Why is health informatics important? It helps to ...

CHICAGO – With the increasing adoption of healthcare information technology, nursing informatics – which combines nursing practice with computer expertise – is playing a growing role in patient care ...

The last decade in healthcare has seen an increasing transition, from a focus in the acute care setting to a broader perspective encompassing ambulatory, home health, hospice and long-term care ...

Dallas doctor says the American health care system is deeply broken. We need a long, sustained effort at reform.

Professor and Associate Dean for Technology and Innovation, and senior scientist at the UAB Informatics Institute, Jacqueline Moss, PhD, RN, FAAN, first became interested in informatics as she ...

The HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago included the release this week of the 2015 Impact of the Informatics Nurse Survey, which indicates, among numerous findings, that the role of ...

Sure, the mean annual salary doesn’t come close to the $169,000 you could make as certified registered nurse anesthetist (and face it, no nursing pay ever will), but informatics nurses are still in ...

Navy Medicine has conducted its first pilot test of the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform (OpMed CDP) aboard the ...

Make a Positive Impact on Patient Care with an Online Master's Degree in Health Informatics. Health Informatics combines communications, information, and healthcare with the goal of improving patient ...

The role of informatics nurses has expanded greatly, providing a significant impact on patient safety and overall care, as well as workflow and productivity improvements, according to the 2015 HIMSS ...