Guide to Health Informatics

Basic Concepts in Informatics
Models
Information
Information Systems

Informatics Skills
Communicating
Structuring
Questioning
Searching
Making Decisions

Information Systems in Healthcare
Information Management Systems
The Electronic Health Record
Designing and Evaluating Information and Communication Systems
Implementation
Information System Safety
Information Economics

Guideline- and Protocol-Based Systems
Guidelines, Protocols and Evidence-Based Healthcare
Computer-Based Protocol Systems
Designing, Disseminating and Applying protocols

Communication Systems in Healthcare
Communication Systems Basics
Interlude—the Internet and the World Wide Web
Information and Communication Networks
Social Networks and Social Media Interventions
Telehealth and Mobile Health

Language, Coding and Classification
Terms, Codes and Classification
Healthcare Terminologies and Classification Systems
Natural Language and Formal Terminology

Clinical Decision Support and Analytics
Clinical Decision Support Systems
Interlude—Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Computational Reasoning Methods
Model Building for Decision Support, Data Analysis and Scientific Discovery

Specialized Applications for Health Informatics
Patient Monitoring and Control
Population Surveillance and Public Health Informatics
Bioinformatics
Clinical Bioinformatics and Personalized Medicine
Consumer Health Informatics
Glossary
References