This module will introduce participants to organizations and landmark documents that have contributed to the emergence of Health Informatics as an important discipline in improving the quality and safety in patient care. The nature of Health Informatics as a discipline and key roles and competencies of health informatics practitioners will be described.

Learning Hours: 6.25 hours

1. Define information management, information technology and informatics.
2. Describe various ways in which HIT has evolved to improve quality or enhance patient safety.
3. Summarize the informatics drivers and trends.
4. Describe the origins, current focus, and relationships among the following standards development organizations: Health Level 7 (HL-7), Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Standards Committee.