Includes bibliographical references and index.

Informatics defined, evolution, guiding principles, expectations / Carolyn Sipes -- Roles, professional organizations, and theories / Carolyn Sipes -- First things first - hardware / Carolyn Sipes -- First things first -software / James Sipes, Carolyn Sipes -- Project management / Carolyn Sipes -- Application and integration of research into practice / Carolyn Sipes -- Applications to support educational initiatives / Taryn Hill, Karen West -- Data standardization applications - capturing data / Lisa Blair, Lynda Hardy -- Big data applications to inform practice / Lynda Hardy, Lisa Blair -- Maintaining quality of data and information, data and data quality / Toni Hebda, Kathleen (Kathy) Hunter -- Assessment and evaluating outcomes / Cheryl D. Parker, Melinda Hermanns, and Christy Gibson -- Ethics, privacy, security, other technology challenges / Cheryl D. Parker, Christine S. Gipson -- Life-long learning : advancing own education / Carolyn Sipes.