This site is designed to provide basic introduction to healthcare informatics in the form of learning objects. These are best viewed with Internet Explorer™ version 6 or higher. Many of the components are interactive while others have multimedia components.

Sections

Informatics Defined: This page defines nursing informatics, medical informatics, healthcare informatics.

Informatics Terms: These pages are interactive and allow you to match common terms to their definitions.

Computers: These pages provide basic information on the contents of desktop computers.

Applications: These pages offer brief "how to" videos for using your operating system and maintaining the health of your computer.

Networks: These pages offer background information on common network components with an interactive word puzzle.

Informatics Careers: This page provides information on common career paths for nurses specialized in informatics.