Clinical Informatics R&D

clinical \ˈkli-ni-kəl\ Function: adjective Date: circa 1728 1 : of, relating to, or conducted in or as if in a clinic: as a: involving direct observation of the patient b : based on or characterized by observable and diagnosable symptoms 2 : analytical or coolly dispassionate in·for·mat·ics \in-fer-mat-iks\ -noun (used with a sing. v.) 1. the study of information processing; computer science. Origin: trans. of Russ informátika (1966); see information, -ics