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What is health informatics?

Health informatics is the discipline that combines healthcare, information technology and data science to manage and use health information effectively. In practice it covers how health data is collected, stored, protected, analysed and used to improve care and public health decisions.

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Health informatics is the discipline that combines healthcare, information technology and data science to manage and use health information effectively. In practice it covers how health data is collected, stored, protected, analysed and used to improve care and public health decisions.

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