Social Milestones in Informatics

The impact of informatics on society over the past few decades has aided in transcending the boundaries of Healthcare, Education, communication and Security systems across the world. There is a wide variety of definitions for informatics, it is often called as the science of information but has a much broader meaning to it. The University of Sussex defines informatics as the study of storage, transformation and communication of information. In hindsight to the early developments of informatics, it is clearly seen that the many departments of science were interconnected and the ability to synthesize information was made possible with the emergence of informatics. Ever since the advent of informatics, so many ideas were drawn out from different branches of science and collaborated with other departments while simultaneously contributing to it; for instance, Bio-informatics is a study of biological molecules such as DNA/genes by integrating multiple subject areas such as applied mathematics, computer science and statistics (Gerstain, 1998). When examining the historical perspective of Informatics, one of the reasons for its development was as a tool for people to understand the very nature of the information system and processes in order to create a better social environment. It is important to discuss the developments in informatics by analysing its enormous impact on various aspects of the society. Some of the major milestones in informatics will be discussed further in the essay.

Informatics has played a vital role in the development of Healthcare organizations all around the world. Health informatics is an interdisciplinary term created by integrating Information system, computer science and healthcar...

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