Informatics is the study and use of computers and information in health care.
It can be more fully described as the science that deals with resources, devices and formalized methods for optimizing the storage, retrieval and management of biomedical information for problem solving and decision making. Dr. Robert Anderson, program director of the General Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency, asked Denison faculty to develop a month-long Medical Informatics elective for the Primary Care training program. Lisa Traditi, MLS, head of Denison s Information Management Education Department, serves as the elective coordinator. Lisa Traditi and Marla Graber, Denison Library Associate Director, developed the content for the course, with input and direction from Dr. Anderson. Presenters are tapped from many different disciplines.