1.Infrastructure of an Informatics Department Tanya S. Brown Nursing 353 Jacksonville University

2. What is informatics? A bridge between technology and another specific domain, system of people, processes and technology. 3. Informatics 4. Technology The old wayThe new 5. Health Informatics aka Health Information System the interdisciplinary study of the design, development, adoption and application of IT based innovations in healthcare services delivery, management and planning National Institute of Health, US National Library of Medicine, 2014 6. HMIS model 7. Patient Protection & Affordable Healthcare Act 8. Affordable Healthcare Act 9. EMR (Electronic Medical Record) 10. Local HIS 11. National HIS 12. Change is good! At the end of 12 hr. shift.First day of EMR. 13. Crossing the bridge of technology together, one step at a time! 14. References Alemi, F. (2008). Integrated Information Systems. Retrieved from: http://gunston.gmu.edu/healthscience/740/ElectronicHealthRecordEHREMR.asp?E= 0 Lampert, J. (2014). Democratic Policy Committee. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation timeline. Retrieved from: http://www.dpc.senate.gov/healthreformbill/healthbill50.pdf Hebda, T., & Czar, P. (2013). Handbook of informatics for nurses & healthcare professionals (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J: Pearson Electronic Records Mandate. (2014). Retrieved from: http://electronicmedicalrecordsmandate.org/electronic-medical-recordsmandate/emr-mandate-2014-deadline