NI - Lesson 1

• is a phrase that evolved from the French word “informatique” which refers to the field of applied computer science concerned with the processing of information such as nursing information.

  Nursing Informatics
• In the early 1960s, the computer was introduced into healthcare facilities for the processing of basic administrative tasks.
• healthcare information technology is an all-encompassing term referring to technology that captures, processes, and generates healthcare information.
• Computers were first developed in the late 1930 to early 1940
• In the mid-1960s Gordon Moore noted that the number doubled approximately every two years. This argument has become known as Moore’s law.
• Computers were initially used in healthcare facilities for basic office, administrative, and financial accounting functions
• Computers were linked together and operated by paper tape using teletypewriters to print their output.
• During the 1960s the uses of computer technology in healthcare settings began to be explored.
• Nurses’ station in the hospital was viewed as the hub of information exchange; therefore, numerous initial computer applications were developed and implemented in this location.
• When did the computers were used for clinical use?

  1960
• Interest in computers and nursing began to emerge in public health, home health, and education during the 1960s to 1970s
• First uses of a computerized teaching system called PLATO, which was implemented to teach classes in offcampus sites as an alternative to traditional classroom education.
• First point-of-care blood glucose monitor became available for use in the clinical setting in 1970.
• One of the earliest clinical information systems (called Eclipsys & Allscripts) was the first system to include nursing practice protocols
• When did microcomputer or personal computer emerged?

  1980
• When did Nurses began presenting at multidisciplinary conferences?

  1980
• Nurses began presenting at multidisciplinary conferences and formed their working groups within HIT organizations, such as?

  Nursing special interest group on computers
• Nurses began presenting at multidisciplinary conferences and formed their working groups within HIT organizations, such as the first Nursing Special Interest Group on Computers which met for the first time during?

  SYmposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care
• when was SCAMC?

  1981
• ANA recognized nursing informatics as a new nursing specialty with a separate Scope of Nursing Informatics Practice Standards and also established a specific credentialing examination for it
• Nursing Information and Data Set Evaluation Center was used to to evaluate and recognize nursing information systems (the purpose was to guide the development and selection of nursing systems that included standardized nursing terminologies integrated throughout the system whenever it was appropriate.)
• when was NIDSEC developed?

  1997
• who developed NIDSEC?

  ANA
• internet began providing access to information and knowledge databases to be integrated into desktop computer systems. It revolutionized information technologies
• when did the internet began providing access to information and knowledge databases to be integrated into desktop computer systems. It revolutionized information technologies?

  1995
• Barcoding and radiofrequency identification emerged as a useful technology to match the “right patient with the right medication” to improve patient safety.
• when did barcoding and RFID emerged??

  2000
• Telehealth applications a recognized specialty for nursing since the late 1990s, provided a means for nurses to monitor patients at home and support specialty consultation in rural and underserved areas.
• A barcode medication administration (BCMA) system was first implemented in 2000 in an acute care hospital to electronically capture medication management.
• Two (2) national committees, outlined and designed to address the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009.

  National Committee on Health Policy, National Committee on Health Standards
• The committees designed the “Meaningful Use” (MU) program to secure complete and interoperable EHR and/or HIT system.
• Computers were first developed in late 1930s to 1940s
• The computer was introduced into healthcare facilities for the processing of basic administrative tasks.

  early 1960s
• Computers are introduced in the nurse’s stations.

  mid 1960s
• Digital counterpart of the patient chart.

  electrical health records
• This is where you can obtain patient data when the patient is still in confinement.

  Medical Records Department
• When was questions such as “Why use computers?” and “What should be computerized?” were discussed.

  1960s