Medical Informatics

Medical informatics, also known as health care informatics, is a branch of health care involving the application of information engineering to the field of health care. It is a field which uses health information technology for improving health care. It generally revolves around the study of the IT-based innovations in planning, delivery and management of healthcare services. This includes the methods and devices required for the storage and use of information in health and biomedicine. Some of the common sub-fields of medical informatics include imaging informatics, pathology informatics, clinical bioinformatics, community health informatics, consumer health informatics, etc. This book provides significant information of this discipline to help develop a good understanding of medical informatics and related fields. It strives to provide a fair idea about this area and to help develop a better understanding of the latest advances within this field. The extensive content of this book provides the readers with a thorough understanding of the subject.