11 Nursing Informatics Flashcards
Informatics
Is a broad academic field encompassing artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, information science, and social science
Nursing informatics
Is a specialty area of informatics that addresses the use of health information systems to support nursing practice
Data collection
Enables capture, storage, retrieval, organization, processing, and analysis of information.
Timely, and real time charting
Data, information, knowledge, wisdom
Appropriate application of information
Mobile technology use
Prevention of medication errors
Teleheath or telemedicine
Is the use of the internet to link medical experts with other clinicians, allowing remote consultations with clear video images and high fidelity links
Treatment decisions are based on
Information derived from data
Right time, right patient, right data
Patient safety
Bar code medication administration (BCMA) relating to fewer errors
DSS’s decision support systems include safe practice alerts
CPOE computerized provider order entry allows orders to be directly communicated to the appropriate dept.
Record management
EMR documentation of a single episode of care which becomes a part of the EHR
Listserv networking
Is a computer program that automatically sends messaged to multiple e-mail addresses on a mailing list
Standardized nursing terminology
Structured vocabulary between nurses
Nursing minimum ata set
1st attempt to standardize the collection of nursing data
International classification for nursing practice
Developed under the auspices of the ICN, provides description of comparison of nursing practice
HON and the internet healthcare coalition
Promote credible online recourses
Health code of this ensures that
People can fully understand that not everything on the internet is accurate