Definitions for "Medical Informatics"
A scientific field focused on the development of software applications (e.g., electronic medical records, automated health education) that improve health and wellness and the quality of care by facilitating tailored health communications and the diagnosis, treatment and management of patient health; use of information management technology to overcome the limitations of traditional methods for gathering, recording, storing, managing and communicating health information.
The combination of computer science, information science, and the health sciences (medicine) designed to assist in the management and processing of data to support the delivery of health care. A simple definition: Computer applications in medical care. A more complex definition: Biomedical Informatics is an emerging discipline that has been defined as the study, invention, and implementation of structures and algorithms to improve communication, understanding and management of medical information. The end objective is the coalescing of data, knowledge, and the tools necessary to apply that data and knowledge to the decision-making process, at the time and place that a decision needs to be made. The focus on the structure and algorithms necessary to manipulate the information is what separates Biomedical Informatics from other medical disciplines where information content is the focus.
Is a scientific discipline that concerns itself with the cognitive, information processing and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education and research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks.