Health care informatics Health care informatics Consumer health informatics is a relatively new discipline and has been defined by Eysenbach as follows: ...more on Wikipedia about "Consumer health informatics"
eHealth (also written e-health) is a relatively recent term for health care practice which is supported by electronic processes and communication, some people would argue the term is interchangeable with Health care informatics. However, the term e-health encompasses a whole range of services that are at the edge of medicine/healthcare and information technology: ...more on Wikipedia about "EHealth"
Health care Informatics has been defined as: ...more on Wikipedia about "Health care informatics"
Health Informatics or sometimes Medical Informatics is the intersection of information science, medicine and health care. It deals with the resources, devices and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of information in health and biomedicine. Health informatics tools include not only computers but also clinical guidelines, formal medical terminologies, and information and communication systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Health informatics"
The Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a program from NCQA that consists of several measures by which the performance of a health plan can be compared to other plans, national or regional benchmarks, or the plan's performance from previous years. HEDIS is part of NCQA's accreditation process, although many plans choose to gather and submit HEDIS data without seeking accreditation. A strong motivation for many health plans to collect HEDIS data is that CMS requires HMOs to submit Medicare HEDIS data in order to be eligible to provide HMO services for Medicare enrollees under a program called Medicare Advantage. HEDIS was first released in 1993 as HEDIS 2.0. The latest version, HEDIS 2006, reports in general on 2005 data and comprises 67 measures. ...more on Wikipedia about "HEDIS"
IMIA or the International Medical Informatics Association is an independent organisation that plays a role in promoting and furthering the application of information science in modern society, particularly in the fields of healthcare, bioscience and medicine. It was established in 1967 as a technical committee of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). It became an independent organisation in 1987 and was established under Swiss law in 1989. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Medical Informatics Association"
Nursing Informatics is a specialty of Health care informatics which deals with the support of nursing by information systems in delivery, documentation, administration and evaluation of patient care and prevention of diseases. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nursing informatics"
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Telehealth is the delivery of health related services, enabled by the innovative use of technology, such as videoconferencing, without the need for travel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Telehealth"
Veterinary informatics applies information technology to healthcare. Veterinary informatics and the larger field of medical informatics is often called health care informatics or biomedical informatics, and forms part of the wider domain of eHealth. These later-generation terms reflect the substantive contribution of the citizen & non-medical professions to the generation and usage of healthcare data and related information. Additionally, medical informaticians are active in bioinformatics and other fields not strictly defined as health care. ...more on Wikipedia about "Veterinary informatics"
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