Informatics studies natural and artificial systems that store, process, and communicate information, to understand their structure and behaviour and improve interactions between storage and users. The potential of integrated information is growing in various fields, but especially in medicine and healthcare. Nursing informatics in particular is an expanding practice that is improving nurses’ ability to manage information and communication technologies for the benefit of patients. There are five subfields of healthcare informatics that a...

Informatics studies natural and artificial systems that store, process, and communicate information, to understand their structure and behaviour and improve interactions between storage and users. The potential of integrated information is growing in various fields, but especially in medicine and healthcare. Nursing informatics in particular is an expanding practice that is improving nurses’ ability to manage information and communication technologies for the benefit of patients. There are five subfields of healthcare informatics that are poised to become influential in 21st-century me...