Abstract
As valued members and decision makers of the health care team, registered dietitians
and dietetic technicians, registered, practice in a wide variety of settings from
corporate wellness to the intensive care unit. Each of these work settings has unique
information needs, but all require that dietetics practitioners have immediate access
to accurate information. Successful dietetics practice in today's rapidly changing
environment requires skills in finding, evaluating, and sharing accurate food and
nutrition information. The term informatics is used to describe the science of managing, storing, and communicating information.
While not required for informatics practice, use of computers greatly facilitates
management of large amounts of information. Health informatics focuses on the application
of information science within the health care arena. The field of health informatics
includes medical, nursing, pharmacy, dental, public health, and now nutrition informatics.
Registered dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered, are now creating nutrition
informatics as a new area of dietetics practice. Current use of informatics in health
care includes electronic health records, outcomes research, and knowledge acquisition.
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Publication history
Published online: October 24, 2012
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© 2012 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
