Medical INFORMATICS, an emerging multidisciplinary field at the intersection of medicine, technology, and information sciences, is believed to significantly impact health and medical practice. 1 Nowadays, it is not strange to see new approaches for producing, measuring, and monitoring digital biomarkers using implantable sensors, wearable devices, and mobile health apps on intelligent platforms and knowledgebased systems. Tapping an app icon on a smartphone might save a human life. Mobile health apps can assist patients in managing their medical and health issues, especially in the case of chronic diseases. Mobile apps can also facilitate clinical diagnosis, treatment, and even medical procedures for health professionals. Clinical INFORMATICS, a newly added subspecialty program after medical specialties, seems to improve the current and future of clinical practice. 2, 3 A broader field, known as Health INFORMATICS, is a connected set of disciplines and branches from medicine, computer sciences, and humanities. Similar to medical/clinical INFORMATICS, the overarching field of health INFORMATICS aims to improve access to, enhance quality and safety, and reduce the cost of health services. . .

Introduction & Background: Inclusion of INFORMATICS issues in radiology practice and education is no longer an interest or a research topic. Information technology has affected many aspects of radiology practice much further than technologic advancement of new imaging modalities. The aim of this article is to briefly review the role of computers and IT in mod-earn radiology. Image: Acquisition (CR / DR / DICOM), Storage, Processing (3D reconstruction, Edge enhancement, Contrast change, etc), and Perception of image for computer aided detection are all real example of IT applications affecting diagnostic imaging. Management: Radiology information systems used for multiple purposes (Resource management, Financial management, Report management, Workflow man-agreement) are professional and specialized manage-mint information systems used in imaging depart-mint. Decision Making: Image understanding, Reference databases, Decision support systems may be considered as examples of how IT may improve the decision makings of a radiologist. Education: E-learning in radiology has many advantages to traditional education including reproducibility, use of multimedia technology, distant education, multi-user or even multi-center educations are among them. Digital teaching files can easily replace old film files especially considering the wide avail-ability of originally digital images. Communication: Internet and teleradiology have broken the boundaries of place and time. Consultations, grouped radiology services, overseas practice and countrywide imaging archives are all possible using internet and HTML technology. Wireless tech-neology is growingly included in intra-departmental and intra-hospital radiological image and information transfer shows promising role in emergency radiology. Reporting: Speech recognition, Structured reporting, Multi-media reporting are example of electronic re-porting depicting emerging change in radiology re-ports that were less affected and improved until last decade. 

Technology in healthcare has grown exponentially in recent years [1]. Today, information and communication technologies have become widespread in healthcare systems worldwide. Since nurses comprise most of the healthcare workforce, they must possess sufficient skills to work in a technology-mediated environment [2]. The advancements in information technology over recent decades have provided significant opportunities for nurses to stay informed about patient conditions [3].