According to the Canadian Organization for Advancement of Computers in Health (COACH),what is health informatics?
A)The intersection of clinical,information management-information technology,and management practices to achieve better health.
B)The specialty that integrates nursing science,computer science,and information science.
C)The application of computer science and information science to nursing.
D)A clinical term used to describe multidisciplinary clinical practice.

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COACH defines health informatics as the "intersection of clinical,IM/IT [information management/information technology] and management practices to achieve better health".Health informatics covers all disciplines.Role-centred/role-based nursing informatics was a step in the evolution of health informatics that integrates nursing science,computer science,and information science,according to the American Nurses Association.The application of computer science and information science to nursing is the definition of nursing informatics by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA).A clinical term used to describe multidisciplinary clinical practice is Systematized NOmenclature of MEDicine-Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT);this is not how COACH defines health informatics.