Nursing informatics
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- EMR focuses on the digital responsibilities of patient records within a single healthcare organization practice
- Confined to the internal use of a specific healthcare entity and may not readily exchange data with systems outside that organization
- Accessible within the organization, limiting data availability to that specific healthcare provider
- Mainly used by providers, with limited patient engagement in accessing or contributing to their records
- Clinical data related to a patient’s medical history, diagnostics, treatment, and medication
- Geared towards the internal workflow and needs of a particular healthcare institution
- EHR encompasses a broader view, aiming to provide a comprehensive digital record of a patient’s health information across different healthcare settings and organizations
- Allows seamless sharing of patient data among various healthcare providers, facilitating better coordination of care
- Enables authorized healthcare professionals to remotely access patient information from various locations and healthcare facilities
- Promotes patient engagement through health information access, communication with healthcare provider, and active participation in care
- Demographics, insurance details, lab results, and lifestyle factors
- Fosters care continuity by facilitating information exchange across healthcare organizations, enhancing a holistic patient health perspective
- HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)
- Provides global leadership for the optimal use of health informatics and management systems for the betterment of healthcare
- Vision: advancing the best use of information and management systems for the betterment of healthcare
- Mission: to lead change in the healthcare information and management fields through knowledge sharing, advocacy, collaboration, innovation, and community affiliation
- Objectives of HIMSS:
- Promote the vision of EHR systems through concrete examples
- Understand and share documented value of EHR systems
- Provide visibility and recognition for high-impact EHR
- Share successful EHR implementation strategies
- Encourage and recognize excellence in the implementation of EMR/EHR systems: implementation, strategy, planning, project management, and governance strategy
- ANIA (American Nursing Informatics Association)
- The TIGER initiative (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform)
- Advancing the adoption of informatics in healthcare, particularly within the nursing profession
- Computer-generated nursing care plans involve the automated creation of individualized care plans for patients using informatics solutions
- These plans incorporate patient data, evidence-based practices, and treatment protocols
- Benefits of computer-generated nursing care plans:
- Efficiency: Automation streamlines the care planning process
- Personalization: Utilizes patient-specific data to tailor care plans
- Consistency: Promotes standardized care delivery
- Limitations of computer-generated nursing care plans:
- Over-Reliance may diminish critical thinking skills among nursing professionals
- Data Accuracy: Errors could lead to inappropriate care recommendations
- Benefits of e-journals in nursing:
- Facilitates standardized care delivery
- Efficiency: Streamlines communication among healthcare providers
- Quality Improvement: Provides a framework for evaluating and improving the quality of care
- journals provide convenient access to the latest research, facilitate collaboration, and support evidence-based practice
- Search toolbars and filter options
- Data is portable
- Some e-journals have embedded links to related concepts for supplemental reading
- E-journals can be interactive, with options to email the author for discourse or consultations
- Most printed journals have an electronic version
- Limitations of e-journals in nursing:
- Challenges include potential subscription costs
- The need for internet access
- Concerns about information security
- Limited availability of local (Philippine) nursing journals
- Relevant nursing journals:
- American Journal in Critical Care
- American Journal of Nursing
- International Journal of Nursing Practice
- International Journal of Nursing Care
- Journal of Clinical Nursing
- Nursing Research
- Philippine Journal of Nursing (e-journal versions available at http://www.pna-pjn.com)
- Computer-generated nursing care plans involve the automated creation of individualized care plans for patients using informatics solutions
- These plans incorporate patient data, evidence-based practices, and treatment protocols
- Benefits of computer-generated nursing care plans:
- Efficiency: Automation streamlines the care planning process
- Personalization: Utilizes patient-specific data to tailor care plans
- Consistency: Promotes standardized care delivery
- Limitations of computer-generated nursing care plans:
- Over-Reliance may diminish critical thinking skills among nursing professionals
- Data Accuracy: Errors could lead to inappropriate care recommendations
- Benefits of e-journals in nursing:
- Facilitates standardized care delivery
- Efficiency: Streamlines communication among healthcare providers
- Quality Improvement: Provides a framework for evaluating and improving the quality of care
- Limitations of e-journals in nursing:
- Overemphasis on critical pathways may limit individualized patient care
- Resistance to Change: Implementation challenges can arise
- Additional information about e-journals:
- Convenient access to the latest research, facilitate collaboration, and support evidence-based practice
- Search toolbars and filter options
- Data is portable
- Some e-journals have embedded links to related concepts for supplemental reading
- E-journals can be interactive, with options to email the author for discourse or consultations
- Most printed journals have an electronic version