The Medical Informatics Resource Site

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 2010-2011, we have added many new web links and articles in each section. A majority of these articles were written in the 2006-2011 time frame. We also provide an electronic version of our textbook, Medical Informatics: Practical Guide for Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals, Fourth 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 Healthcare and Information Technology Professionals, Fourth 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
  • Meaningful Use
• Practice Management Systems
• Health Information Exchange
• Architectures of Information Systems
• Data Standards
• Privacy and Security
• Consumer Health Informatics
• Online Medical Resources
• Search Engines
• Mobile Technology
• Evidence Based Medicine
• Clinical Practice Guidelines

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

Maintained by Sara Beard
Updated February 21, 2011