Hello and welcome to the Medical Informatics Resource Site, hosted by the University of West Florida's School of Allied Health and Life Sciences in support of the Certificate in Medical Informatics Program and the Master of Public Health degree program. This site is also open to everyone in the medical informatics community at-large and provided to support the use of information technology to improve communication, patient safety and quality of care. Please feel free to e-mail us if you know of any additional information to include. Enjoy!

For 2009, we have added many new web links and pdf articles under "Important Articles" in each section. A majority of these articles were written in the 2006-2009 time frame. We provide an electronic version of our textbook (Medical Informatics: Practical Guide for the Healthcare Professional,Third Edition) free of charge to students taking our online introductory course. Please be aware that all proceeds from the textbook go to an educational fund for Medical Informatics and not to the authors.

The following are resource sections that reflect the book chapters in our Medical Informatics: Practical Guide for the Healthcare Professional,Third Edition textbook that is used in several of our Medical Informatics courses. The resource sections are also linked in the navigation bar to your left for your use.

• Overview of Medical Informatics
• Electronic Health Records
• Integrated Practice Management Systems
• Health Information Technology Interoperability
• Networks
• Patient Informatics
• Online Medical Resources
• Search Engines
• Mobile Technology
• Evidence Based Medicine
• Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Disease Management and Disease Registries
• Pay for Performance (P4P)
• Patient Safety and Technology
• Electronic Prescribing
• Telehealth and Telemedicine
• Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
• Bioinformatics
• Public Health Informatics
• E-Research
• Emerging Trends in Health Information Technology