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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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Discuss how the development of health informatics as a discipline, profession, and specialty has influenced healthcare organizations and the contemporary delivery of health care.
4. Discuss how foundational organizations, such as AMIA, AHIMA, HIMSS, HL7, and ANIA have impacted the health informatics discipline.
5. 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.