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1. Improved Decision Making
2. Track Equipment and Supplies
3. Decrease Medication Errors
4. Improved Documentation and Time Management

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Knowing the benefits of electronic health information systems for clinicians

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This animated video offers an introduction and examples of how clinicians and patients benefit from information and communication technology in clinical practice.

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1. Computer Skills: The use of computers are an essential
2. Informatics Knowledge
3. Information Skills

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https://onlinemshidegree.adelphi.edu/resources/articles/4-ways-nurses-benefit-from-health-informatics/

http://www.himss.org/what-nursing-informatics

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC): www.nursecredentialing.org
 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Meaningful Use:
http://www.cms.gov/RegulationsandGuidance/Legislation/EHRIncentivePrograms/Meaningful_Use.html
 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS): www.himss.org
 Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER): www.tigersummit.com

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NURSING INFORMATICS

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Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information management and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. NI supports nurses, consumers, patients, the inter professional healthcare team, and other stakeholders in their decision-making in all roles and settings to achieve desired outcomes. This support is accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and information technology.

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Theories in nursing include concepts and relationships that assist in providing framework. Theories that assist
in defining nursing informatics include systems theory, cognitive theory, and change theory.
 Systems theory: Systems theory looks at interacting parts within boundaries, and can be seen with the use
of technology and the body systems of patients.
 Cognitive theory: Cognitive theory can be related to input, output, and processing.
 Change theory: Change theory is applied in looking at the dynamic processes that are incorporated with
nursing informatics.
(Baker, 2012)

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Specific competencies for basic computer skills identified by TIGER include:
 Information and communication technology concepts
 Computer use and managing files
 Word processing
 Spreadsheets
 Database use
 Presentation
 Communication and web browsing

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The competencies recognized for the category of information management include:
 Verbalize the importance of health information systems with clinical practice.
 Have knowledge of types and clinical and administrative uses of health information systems.
 Ensure confidentiality of protected patient health information.
 Assure access control in the use of health information systems.
 Ensure the security of health information systems.
 Have user skills, including navigation, decision support, and output reports.
 Understand the principles of health information system use by healthcare professionals and consumers
are based.

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ADVANTAGE 3: DECREASED MEDICATION ERRORS

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ADVANTAGE 3: DECREASED MEDICATION ERRORS

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Adding computerized physician order entry, electronic medication reconciliation, and automated pharmaceutical dispensing to the electronic health record helps prevent medication errors. Health informatics components in the EHR can instantly calculate medication dosage based on orders and patient statistics, evaluate all ordered medications for potential adverse interactions, and dispense a precisely calibrated dose of medication for the nurse to administer.

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The Modified Early Warning System, or MEWS, is a “scorecard” that assigns a numerical value to the patient’s vital signs readings and calculates a score that indicates the severity of a person’s illness and the likelihood of escalation to a critical condition. This score is used by nursing staff to decide whether to call a rapid response team or otherwise intervene.

While most modern electronic health records (EHR) offer an automatic MEWS calculator to alert nursing staff when a patient’s condition declines, the nurses at Centennial Medical Center felt that the four basic vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature) didn’t give a complete picture. Working with a health informatics specialist, they added an oxygen saturation value to the MEWS calculator. They discovered that medical decision-making improved dramatically, positively impacting ICU admissions and rapid response team deployment.

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Roles for nurse informatics have grown over the years. A few examples include:
 Leadership, including management and administration
 Analysis
 Integrity and compliance management
 Consultation
 Patient care coordination
 Data integration
 Educational and professional development
 Policy development and advocacy
 Research and evaluation
 Systems integration
 Clinical application support
 Process and workflow design
 Clinical transformation
 Information technology security
 Clinical champion
 User training

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TIGER identified specific competencies for information literacy:
 Establish the character and extent of the information needed
 Efficiently and effectively access needed information
 Appraise information and the sources critically, and integrates appropriate information into his/her
knowledge base and value system
 Use information effectively, as an individual or team member, to achieve a specific purpose
 Evaluate outcomes of information use

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ADVANTAGE 4: IMPROVED DOCUMENTATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT

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ADVANTAGE 4: IMPROVED DOCUMENTATION AND TIME MANAGEMENT

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Nurses spend over half of their time in documentation. A recent study showed that just 20 percent of a nurse’s day was spent on direct patient care, and just 7 percent on assessment and observation. At Southern Illinois Healthcare, the chief informatics officer worked with nursing staff to develop and implement nursing care plans and other nursing documentation modules to improve charting. The new system also includes enhancements, such as embedded videos and information on rarely performed procedures, so nurses can get the information they need at the time they need it, right at the patient’s bedside.

The field of health informatics is making a real difference in the lives of nurses and their patients. From improved decision-making to decreased medication errors, health informatics professionals are at the forefront of harnessing information technology for better patient care.

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The environments in healthcare have encompassed more than just a physical location. There is an increase in the use of technology such as mobile computers and wireless solutions, and automated exchanges between
providers and patients. Adapting to these new environments requires a paradigm shift for how care is communicated and delivered, which requires knowledge of the evolution of new technologies. Nurses are at the center of this advancement as professionals with the greatest amount of direct patient care.

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University of Maryland School of Nursing

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Nursing Informatics: Connecting Patient Care and Technology

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ADVANTAGE 2: Track Equipment and Supplies 

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ADVANTAGE 2: Track Equipment and Supplies 

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Health informatics systems are simplifying the supply chain that affects patient care at the nursing level. Combining wireless technology and radio frequency identification (RFID), nurses are able to locate essential equipment such as EKG machines, IV pumps, portable computers, and infusion pumps with the click of a button. Some hospitals are even using RFID technology to track surgical patients through each step of their procedures, improving efficiency and utilization of operating room and recovery room beds.