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HCI 600 Topic 1 Assignment: Evolution of Health Informatics Paper
The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the evolution of health informatics as a discipline and its evolving impact on the delivery of health care. For this assignment, write a 750-1,000 word paper that addresses the following:
- Summarize the evolution of informatics as a discipline, including a few specific milestones/events and an explanation of how a variety of practice areas emerged.
- Discuss key legislation, policy, and state and federal regulatory bodies and their influence on the development of the discipline and contemporary scope of practice for informatics professionals.
- Discuss how the development of health informatics as a discipline, profession, and specialty has influenced healthcare organizations and the contemporary delivery of health care.
- Discuss how foundational organizations, such as AMIA, AHIMA, HIMSS, HL7, and ANIA have impacted the health informatics discipline.
- Discuss how you believe health informatics will continue to impact healthcare organizations and the delivery of healthcare in the next 3-5 years.
Integrate evidence from four or five sources in your paper.
