Public health informatics (PHI) denotes the logical application of computer science, information, as well as technology to the practice of public health, learning, and research (O'Carroll, 2013). PHI is an interdisciplinary vocation that uses engineering, mathematics, information science, as well as related social sciences to significant public health processes and problems.
The field of informatics has been applied and is significant in the components of public health involving public health surveillance, nursing, environmental health, emergency response, and administration. Public health informatics has provided methods or techniques for attaining goals of public health in a ...