Health informatics has also came a long ways. From no documentation what-so-ever, to hard copy documentation, and then to health information technology where the information is data collected and processed and organized in such a way making it “useful” (Davis & LaCour, 2014).
With informatics and communication, these two can work interchangeably for one patient and their particular case or 100 patients and a given situation. For example, data can be presented on a graph displaying the number of readmissions for a hospital over …show more content…
The application of mathematics, engineering, information science, and decision analysis can assist with “public health decisions by facilitating the availability of timely, relevant, and high-quality information. In other words, they should always be able to provide advice on methods for achieving a public health goal faster, better, or at a lower cost by leveraging computer science, information science, or technology” (Savel and Foldy, …show more content…
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