TY - JOUR TI - The Contribution of Informatics to Overcoming the Covid-19 Fake News Outbreak by Learning to Navigate the Infodemic. AU - Isaakidou, Marianna AU - Diomidous, Marianna JO - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics PY - 2022 VL - 289 TODO - null SP - 456--459 PB - SN - null TODO - 10.3233/SHTI210956 TODO - Humans, *COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, *Social Media, Covid-19, Disease Outbreaks, Disinformation, fake news, Healthcare Informatics, Infodemic, Informatics, misinformation TODO - Daily, people are being exposed to an enormous amount of Covid-19 information, but not all of it is reliable. This phenomenon seriously affects the public health policy effectiveness, because there is a lot of misleading or inaccurate information, which is spreading rapidly and makes it more difficult to restrict the pandemic. Healthcare informatics has emerged as a diverse and important new field. Healthcare informatics applications are becoming more and more popular and are providing easy access to new sources of knowledge. This way, the quality of patient care will improve and productivity will increase. However, people should also learn how to navigate this infodemic properly. ER -