Summarizes the history and scope of practice for healthcare informatics.

Defines informatics categories including public health, translational, and clinical informatics.

Explains how the core foundational components of healthcare informatics influence the design and implementation of inpatient and outpatient electronic health record systems.

Understands how policy and informatics are interrelated components of healthcare delivery.

Identifies current topics, regulatory/policy initiatives, and ethical issues in informatics, and their impact on informatics practice and the current and future use of technologies in clinical care.