Surgical informatics is in a nascent phase as a discipline today. By definition, surgical informatics is the collection, storage/organization, retrieval, sharing, and rendering of biomedical information that is relevant to the care of the surgical patient. Health informatics (also called Health Information Systems) uses information technology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcare outcomes. Health Informatics deals with the resources, devices and methods to utilize acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and medicine. The most important way in which informatics is changing health care is in improved outcomes. Electronic medical records result in higher quality care and safer care as coordinated teams provide better diagnoses and decrease the chance for errors.