Evaluate and appraise health informatics and information technology in order to develop integrative approaches to the design, implementation and evaluation of health informatics solutions and problems. Application of standards, document architecture, decision support systems and heuristic rules and system life-cycle are key areas of focus. People and organization issues for system implementation and evaluation are applied to real data issues to examine privacy, data protection, and institutional responsibilities.
Application of computer and information technologies to support nursing in the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health, illness, and developmental challenges. Identification of information processing challenges and evaluation of informatics solutions. Ethical, legal and social issues related to informatics in patient care.