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   Nursing informatics combines nursing science with computer science together with information processing theory and technology.

      The American Nurses Association definition came out in October 2001 as... 

 

  “Nursing Informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice.  Nursing informatics facilitates the integration of data, information and knowledge to support patients, nurses and other providers in their decision-making in all roles and settings.  This support is accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and information technology.” 

 (ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Informatics Practice, 2001, pg vii)

 

Selected Position Statements

Computer-based Patient Record Standards --  Position paper from CPRI (the Computer-based Patient Record Institute, Inc.)  issued November, 1995 and endorsed by the American Nurses Association.

 

Authentication in a Computer-Based Patient Record  --  Position paper from CPRI (the Computer-based Patient Record Institute, Inc.)  issued November, 1995 and endorsed by the American Nurses Association.

 

On Access to Patient Data  --  Position paper from CPRI (the Computer-based Patient Record Institute, Inc.)  issued November, 1995 and endorsed by the American Nurses Association.

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Resources in Nursing & Healthcare Informatics

U.S. & Canada                International                Misc. 


                                              

          Updated edition of ANA's Nursing Informatics Practice Scope and Standards of Practice

 

Introduction to Nursing Informatics (Health Informatics) (Hardcover) by Kathryn J. Hannah (Author), Marion J. Ball (Author), Margaret J.A. Edwards (Author) "We have entered the information age!..." (more)

Sensmeier, J. and Lewis, D. (2007). Survey Demonstrates Importance of Nurse Informaticist Role in Health Information Technology Design and Implementation. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing. Volume 25(3), May/June 2007, pp 180-182

 
  • Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog - after being unable to find a publication interested in buying a story from a patient safety-related event I had planned on covering, I came to realize that significant portions of the healthcare community and media are paying little more than lip service to the issue of improving healthcare quality through information technology and consumer education. This blog seeks to help remedy that con

  • Nursing Informatics Job Descriptions  on Nursing Informatics Online         

  •  Clinical Cases Blog: The blog of ClinicalCases.org with medical, tech and other interesting stories

  • American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) - A nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization of individuals, institutions, and corporations dedicated to developing and using information technologies to improve health care.

  • Introduction to Healthcare Informatics Standards  (AMIA)

  • American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing Informatics SIG - The purpose of the Informatics Special Interest Group is: to advance and expand the general AAACN members' knowledge of current information systems and new technologies that identify, describe, monitor and track nursing practice in ambulatory health care settings.

  • Alliance for Nursing Informatics - The Alliance for Nursing Informatics is a collaboration of organizations that represent a unified voice for nursing informatics. The Alliance represents more than 3,000 nurses and brings together 20 distinct nursing informatics groups in the United States.

  •  Biohealthmatics- networking site dedicated to the biotechnology and healthcare IT professionals

  • CIN - Computers, Informatics, Nursing covers the application of computer technology to contemporary nursing practice, explaining the "how-to" and "why" at each step of the way. From the computer novice to experienced user, CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing offers a complete package that delivers realistic solutions in high-quality, peer-reviewed articles.

  •  FierceHealthIT is a source of Healthcare IT news with a special focus on CPOE, EMR adoption, HIPAA compliance and other critical areas.  

  • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society provides leadership in healthcare for the management of technology, information and change through publications, educational opportunities and member services. HIMSS has 37 chapters and more than 12,000 members working in healthcare organizations throughout the world.

  •  Healthcare411.org  Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) has a new audio newscast series to help keep people informed of the Agency's latest health care research findings, news, and information.  AHRQ's mission is to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.  They are the lead agency in the effort to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors. 

  • Health On the Net (HON) - HON's mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information. HON provides leadership in setting ethical standards for Web site developers.

  • iHealthbeat - iHealthBeat is a free, daily news digest reporting on the Internet's impact on health care. iHealthBeat is part of the California HealthCare Foundation's commitment to important issues affecting health care policy, delivery and financing.

  • Health Resources and Services Administration - Grants

  • Informatics-review e-journal of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems 

  • Manitoba Nursing Informatics Association Website  Manitoba, Canada                                                                                                                                         Contact Patricia Rothney, prothney@wrha.mb.ca    Established 2002

  • The Markle Foundation Health program is to accelerate the rate at which information technology enables consumers and the health system that supports them to improve health and healthcare.

  • Medgadget - Internet journal of emerging medical technologies

  • Medpix - Free Online Access To  Medical Image Database 

  • Medtech Wiki an open source knowledge base about medical technologies and devices.

  • National League for Nursing (NLN) Nursing Educational Technology Information Management Advisory Council (ETIMAC) - Contact nlninform@nln.org

  • Nursing Informatics (NI) metasite with extensive set of resources for the nurse practicing in informatics.

  • Nursing Education Research, Technology, & Information Management - NLN - The purpose of the Nursing Education Research, Technology, and Information Management Advisory Council (NERTIMAC) for the NLN is to advance the science and art of nursing education by fostering the initiation, development, facilitation, and dissemination of nursing education research, as well as the implementation of relevant findings into nursing education (a component of the new NLN Advisory Council structure).

  • Tennessee Nursing Association Nursing Informatics Council - Contact:  roz@chartertn.net

  •  The Tiger Initiative - The TIGER initiative aims to enable practicing nurses and nursing students to fully engage in the unfolding digital electronic era in healthcare. The purpose of the initiative is, to identify information/knowledge management best practices and effective technology capabilities for nurses. TIGER’s goal is to create and disseminate local and global action plans that can be duplicated within nursing and other multidisciplinary healthcare training and workplace settings.

  • Technology CEO Council is the information technology industry`s public policy advocacy organization comprising Chief Executive Officers from America’s leading information technology companies. 

  • WINI, (Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics) is a nursing informatics continuing education course that travels around the country to provide affordable, in-depth nursing informatics education

 


 

 INTERNATIONAL

  • British Computer Society (BCS) - Nursing Specialist Group - A UK organization for nurses and therapists interested in the management and use of information to improve care, the development of learning programs for all staff, enabling better response to patient inquiry, and improved direction to nursing and therapy specialties for clinical information and education.

  • Electronic Journal of Health Informatics - The electronic Journal of Health Informatics is an international journal committed to scholarly excellence and dedicated to the advancement of Health Informatics and information technology in healthcare. It is a journal for all health professions and informaticians of all levels.

  • International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) - Promotes informatics in health care and research in health, bio and medical informatics, advances international cooperation, stimulates research, disseminates informatics knowledge, information and technology, and promotes education and responsible behavior. represent the medical and health informatics field with the World Health Organization

  • IMIA-NI--International Medical Informatics Association-Nursing Informatics - The Special Interest Group of Nursing Informatics of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA). It is a non profit organization, originally established by IMIA in 1983 as Working Group 8 of IMIA, dedicated to serving the specific needs of nurses in the field of nursing informatics.  Check out the other Special Interest Groups too.

 

MISC

  • COR Health - analyses of mission-critical trends plus practical strategies 

 

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