Health Care Informatics History
History of Informatics
Concepts of Health Care Informatics HCI/500
Abstract The history of health care informatics began with Gustav Wager, Germany (Westphal, 2012). Wager was the first professional organization that used informatics began in 1949. Those same beginnings are used today with of course with some upgrades. In this paper it will cover the definitions of various informatics, history, creation, evolution, and milestones and how they relate to the evolution throughout the course of informatics and how it relates to health care today.
Definition of Informatics According to Hebda and Czar there are several forms of informatics, and they may seem similar the definitions will have some differences. Informatics is defined as “the science and art of turning data into information.” Medical informatics is defined as “the application of informatics to all of healthcare disciplines as well as the practice of medicine (Hebda & Czar, 2009, p9.”) Nursing informatics “that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data information, knowledge and wisdom into nursing practice medicine (Hebda & Czar, 2009, p10.”) Health informatics is “the …show more content…
Throughout the years there have been numerous improvements on the system. Starting in the 1960s training programs began to spread across Europe starting in France. In 1970 the training for this program had hit the United States (Chiedozine, 2012). Once the system was adopted in the United States the following hospitals began to implement the system beginning with generating bills and patients’ admissions and discharges. These hospitals were “Latter-Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California (Chiedozine,
Concepts of Health Care Informatics HCI/500
Abstract The history of health care informatics began with Gustav Wager, Germany (Westphal, 2012). Wager was the first professional organization that used informatics began in 1949. Those same beginnings are used today with of course with some upgrades. In this paper it will cover the definitions of various informatics, history, creation, evolution, and milestones and how they relate to the evolution throughout the course of informatics and how it relates to health care today.
Definition of Informatics According to Hebda and Czar there are several forms of informatics, and they may seem similar the definitions will have some differences. Informatics is defined as “the science and art of turning data into information.” Medical informatics is defined as “the application of informatics to all of healthcare disciplines as well as the practice of medicine (Hebda & Czar, 2009, p9.”) Nursing informatics “that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data information, knowledge and wisdom into nursing practice medicine (Hebda & Czar, 2009, p10.”) Health informatics is “the …show more content…
Throughout the years there have been numerous improvements on the system. Starting in the 1960s training programs began to spread across Europe starting in France. In 1970 the training for this program had hit the United States (Chiedozine, 2012). Once the system was adopted in the United States the following hospitals began to implement the system beginning with generating bills and patients’ admissions and discharges. These hospitals were “Latter-Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California (Chiedozine,