The Use of Informatics in Healthcare Sector

The article discusses the use of informatics in healthcare sector, its advantages and disadvantages. It also highlights the importance of electronic health records and the role of technology in managing patient care.

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The use of informatics in the healthcare sector deals with the use of the information
technology for the sake of documentation along with the assessment of the details of the patient.
The primary objective of the informatics is to obtain a high quality treatment of the patient and
the positive outcome of health.
The use of the electronic literature search was conducted using the databases like
COCHRANE, Medline, PubMed, BioMed and the keywords like informatics in healthcare. The
change in the keywords often helps to improve the process. When the Boolean operators and the
alternative key words forms an important component of the informatics in healthcare. The
modern medicine often requires the medical professionals to be aware of the new developments
along with the new procedures and new medications. Through the use of the various databases
which help the hospitals to track the patients’ past records in a better way which can be
addressed immediately in the future. The medical software along with the record keeping
programs that helps to keep the record more accurate and the detailed records of the patients
(Lorenzi & Riley, 2013).
The use of health informatics provides important data which helps to prevent the errors
like the use of the electronic record which can provide the information about the dangerous
medication interactions or the allergy which might not be apparent immediately. The patient
information provides an advantage of the electronic health record usage. However there are also
some disadvantages which are related to the use of electronic health records that provides a way
for the further research. The use of the informatics and the technology helps to manage the care
which helps in arguing and making the health care impersonal (Zheng et al., 2014). This helps to
improve the provider-patient relationship which helps to replace the data and algorithms that
helps to improve the care. The medical professionals who have received a training in this

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technology are more productive and are able to provide better care more than before. Hence it
can be concluded that the scholarly sources helps in highlighting the major advantages and the
disadvantages that are associated with informatics in healthcare.

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References
Lorenzi, N. M., & Riley, R. T. (2013). Organizational aspects of health informatics: managing
technological change. Springer Science & Business Media.
Zheng, Y. L., Ding, X. R., Poon, C. C. Y., Lo, B. P. L., Zhang, H., Zhou, X. L., ... & Zhang, Y.
T. (2014). Unobtrusive sensing and wearable devices for health informatics. IEEE
Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 61(5), 1538-1554.