Convergent evolution of health information management and health informatics: a perspective on the future of information professionals in health care.
Clearly defined boundaries are disappearing among the activities, sources, and uses of health care data and information managed by health information management (HIM) and health informatics (HI) professionals. Definitions of the professional domains and scopes of practice for HIM and HI are converging with the proliferation of information and communication technologies in health care settings. Convergence is changing both the roles that HIM and HI professionals serve in their organizations [...]
Author(s): Gibson, C J, Dixon, B E, Abrams, K
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2014-09-RA-0077