Nursing Informatics
Decision Support System
a program module that helps medical professionals make decisions at the point of care.
Intuition
a way of acquiring knowledge that cannot be obtained by inference, deduction, observation, or experience.
Pathology and radiology
Clinical information system can network with the many computer systems in a modern hospital, such as ______________ and _______________.
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
An EHR system is built to go beyond standard clinical data collected in a provider's offi
Intelligence
Is defined as the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations.
Nursing informatics
Another kind of health informatics that encompasses nurses' interactions with health IT systems.
Knowledge
Is defined as the awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a decision.
Wisdom
Is the ability of the Nurse Informaticist to evaluate the documentation drawn from an Electronic Health Record (EHR) and the ability to adapt or change the system settings or parameters to improve the practice and decision-making of the nurse.
Artificial intelligence
Is the field that deals with the conception, development, and implementation of informatics tools based on intelligent technologies
Critical thinking
Is the intellectual process of actively and skillfully using knowledge.
Epistemology
Is the study of the nature and origin of knowledge - what it means to know
Medical informatics
It focuses on the information technology that enables the e
1. Problem solving 2. Decision Support Systems 3. Usability issues 4. User-centered interfaces and systems 5. Development and use of terminologies
Cognitive science and its application to nursing informatics
1. Nursing informatics has been specialized in 1992 by ANA 2. Integrated in most important educational standards and initiatives 3. Integrated in Quality and Safety Education of Nurses (QSEN) 4. Established in Higher Educational Nursing Informatics Program 5. Development of professional organization (HIMSS, PNIA, TIGER) 6. Practice in the academia (2006) 7. Nursing leaders are coming together to harness the benefits of EHR 8. 21 countries have come together to create international informatics competencies
Evolution of Nursing Informatics
Connectionism
It is the component of cognitive science that uses computer modeling through artificial neural networks to try to explain human intellectual abilities.
Cognitive science
It is the study of the mind and how information is processed in the mind.
Human-Computer Interaction
It is the study or interaction between people (users) and computer.
1. Analyze information requirements 2. Design, implement and evaluate information systems and data structures 3. Identify and apply computer technologies for nursing
Purpose of Nursing Informatics
1. Generation of data 2. Storage of data 3. Retrieval of data 4. Dissemination
Scope of information science
Health informatics
Sometimes known as healthcare informatics, this practice has grown as an evolving science with the expansion of electronic health records (EHRs) and health data analytics systems.
1. Intuition 2. Reason 3. Instinct
Sources of Knowledge
Ball and Hannah (1984)
They defined nursing informatics as the use of information technology in relation to any of the functions which are within the purview of nursing and which are carried out by nurses.
ANA (1994)
They defined nursing informatics as, "supports the practice of all nursing specialties, in all sites and settings, whether at the basic or advanced level."
Nursing informatics
The field has become more important as most healthcare systems and physician practice facilities have put their patient records online and entrusted their nursing teams to handle transition-of-care situations in their Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
Medical informatics
The goal of medical informatics is to ensure access to critical patient medical information at the precise time a place it is needed to make medical decisions.
Critical thinking
The process of decision-making in nursing is guided by the concept of _______________
1. The quality of the decision 2. The impact of the actions resulting from those decisions on individuals and communities
Two sides of nursing-decision
Clinical informaticist
They are the ones who analyze data or medical images or help clinicians to retrieve that information.
Graves and Corcoran (1989)
They defined nursing informatics as a combination of computer science, information science, and nursing science that is designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data, information, and knowledge, to support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care.
Staggers and Bagley-Thompson (2002)
They defined nursing informatics as a practice that includes the development of applications, tools, processes, and structures that assist nurses with the management of data in taking care of patients or in supporting their practice of nursing.
ANA (1994)
They defined nursing informatics as a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science in identifying, collecting, processing, and managing data and information to support nursing practice, administration, education, research, and expansion of nursing knowledge.
Staggers and Bagley-Thompson (2002)
They defined nursing informatics as specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice.
Scholes and Barber (1980)
They defined nursing informatics as the application of computer technology to all fields of nursing
Staggers and Bagley-Thompson (2002)
They defined nursing informatics as the integration of data, information, and knowledge to support patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision-making in all roles and settings.
Artificial intelligence
This field attempts to capture the complex processes or human thought and intelligence
Clinical informatics
Used in direct patient care by supplying physicians, nurses, physical therapists, aides, and other caregivers with information that can be used to develop a care plan.
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
a digital version of a patient's paper chart
Clinical Information System (CIS)
an information system designed specifically for use in the critical care environment.
Data
are discrete entities that are described objectively without interpretation
Knowledge developers
changing and evolving knowledge based on the task at hand and information available
Human-Computer Interaction
deals with people, software applications,computer technology and the ways they influence each other.
Nursing Decision
described as a collection of decisions that include specific behaviors, and cognitive processes surrounding a group of issues.
Knowledge users
individuals or groups who benefit from valuable, viable knowledge
Reason
involves the collection of facts, generalization, and reasoning from cause and e
Information
is data that is interpreted, organized or structured.
Knowledge
is information that is synthesized so that relationships are identified and formalized
Wisdom
is the appropriate use of data, information, and knowledge in making decisions and implementing nursing actions.
Medical informatics
is the sub-discipline of health informatics that directly impacts the patient-physician relationship.
Information science
it is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, and dissemination of information with the application of technology.
Knowledge managers
nurses capture and processes collective expertise and distribute it to where it can create the largest benefit
Knowledge engineers
nurses designs, develops, implements and maintain knowledge
Knowledge acquirers
nurses provide a convenient and e
Knowledge workers
nurses work with information and generate information and knowledge as a product
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
real-time, patient-centered records that make information available instantly and securely to authorized users.
Input units
receive information to be processed
Health Informatics
the practice of acquiring, studying, and managing health data and applying medical concepts in conjunction with health information technology systems to help clinicians provide better healthcare.
Instinct
when you react without reason such as when an object is heading towards you and you jump out of the way
Hidden units
where the outcomes or results of the processing are found
Hidden units
work in between inputs and outputs
