Health Informatics Occurs at the intersection of information literacy,computer literacy and the application of professional knowledge during the delivery of health care services »Click here to »See next

Information Literacy In an era when today’s become Tomorrow’s outdated concepts,individuals who are unable to gather pertinent information are almost as helpless as those who are unable to read or write(Brevik & gee,1989) Click here to »See next

Computer Literacy Fluency with information technology (FIT) FITness is accquired through - concepts of how technology works -Skills using computer applications -Apply the knowledge and adapt to change(Lin,2000) Click here to ` See next

Professional Knowledge Information and computer literacy progress in each of these areas has been steady in spite of political,educational,attitudinal,environmental and economic barriers(Moehr,1997) Click here to ` See next

Professional Knowledge Ten aims and tasks to health informatics - Diagnosis -Therapy -Simulation training -Early recognition &prevention -Compensation for physical disabilities -Consulting -Reporting -Health care info system -Computerised Patient records -Decision support systems Click here to ` See next

Nursing Informatics Use of computer technology in all nursing endeavours: service,education and research (Scholes&Barber,1980) Combines nursing,information, and computer sciences to manage and communicate information to support nurses and health care providers in decision making(ANA,2001) Click here to ` See next