A Healthcare Provider Is Explaining Biomedical Informatics to a Colleague

question 25

Multiple Choice

A healthcare provider is explaining biomedical informatics to a colleague. Which statement by the healthcare provider is correct?

• A) "Biomedical informatics uses information to improve individual health, public health, and health care."
• B) "Biomedical informatics does not include input from the social sciences."
• C) "Biomedical informatics affects the practice of medicine but not overall health care."
• D) "Biomedical informatics does not have any utility in actual patient care."

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