1. Clinical Informatics (aka Health Informatics) promotes the understanding, integration,
and application of information technology in healthcare settings. This helps to ensure adequate and qualified support of clinician objectives and industry best practices. "Clinical informaticians transform health care by analyzing, designing, implementing, and evaluating information and communication systems that enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve patient care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship." - Gardner RM et al. Core Content for the Subspecialty of Clinical Informatics Subscribe - Clinical Informatics Insights HIMSS Clinical Informatics Insights is a provider's source for timely and comprehensive articles on effective integration of informatics across the continuum of care. Each month, the complimentary e-newsletter highlights improvements in clinical quality and support of health IT practices, policies and tools by experts in their field. 2. Consumer health informatics is the branch of medical informatics that analyses consumers' needs for information; studies and implements methods of making information accessible to consumers; and models and integrates consumers' preferences into medical information systems. 3. Customers are individuals who's health status is being empowered by the Community Health informatics team. 4. – Privacy and Security of Health Information -- Unequal access to information technology -- Quality of Web-based information