Health Informatics & e-Health

Health informatics is the practice of acquiring, studying and managing health data and applying medical concepts in conjunction with health information technology systems to help clinicians provide better healthcare.

Health informatics, sometimes known as healthcare informatics, has grown as an evolving science with the expansion of electronic health records (EHRs) and health data analytics systems. It has also grown with the establishment of health data exchange standards, such as HL7 (health Level 7) and FHIR (Fast Health Interoperability Resources) and clinical health terminology sets like SNOMED CT.