What is health informatics? Correct Answer: An interdisciplinary professional specialty and scientific
discipline that integrates the health sciences, computer science and information science, as well as a
number of ot
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What is health informatics? Correct Answer: An interdisciplinary professional specialty and scientific
discipline that integrates the health sciences, computer science and information science, as well as a
number of other analytic sciences with the goal of managing and communicating data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom in the provision of healthcare for individuals, families, groups, and
communities.
Three common themes of health informatics Correct Answer: An interdisciplinary professional specialty
Tied to the use of IT in healthcare
Focused on assisting healthcare providers with tasks related to collecting data, processing information,
and applying that information to processes.
5 core competences that should be achieved by all healthcare providers Correct Answer: Delivering
patient- centered care
Working as part of interdisciplinary teams
Practicing evidence based medicine
Focused on quality improvement
Using informatics
Basic literacy Correct Answer: Is the foundational skill
FIT person Correct Answer: People who are fluent in information technology
Computer literacy/fluency Correct Answer: Contemporary skills
Foundational concepts
Intellectual capabilities
Information literacy Correct Answer: A set of abilities requiring a individuals to recognize when
information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed
information.
Digital literacy Correct Answer: The ability to use information and communication technologies to find,
understand, evaluate, create, and communicate digital information, an ability that requires both
cognitive and technical skills
Health literacy Correct Answer: The ability to access, evaluate, and apply information to health related
decisions.
Theory Correct Answer: The process by which a certain phenomena occur
conceptual framework Correct Answer: Developed to clarify the concepts and their relationships and
interactions
Theoretical model Correct Answer: A visual representation of a theoretical framework.
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