# Introduction

This chapter provides foundational knowledge on biomedical informatics (and its sub-discipline of health informatics), implementation science, and related topics. Each topic page offers a brief overview as an introduction with references to other chapters in CODIAC for Health for more details as well as to external references and resources for learning more.

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