introduction Flashcards
information technology
using technology of some sort to interact with information
healthcare information technology
the use of technology for health care
informatics
the application of information technology to the arts and sciences
nursing informatics
technology applied to nursing
ONC
office of national coordinator for health information technology
first informatics nurse
florence nightingale
what piece of evidence did nightingale use to convince the public for the need for sanitation
graphs
data mining
looking for patterns and connections in data
goals for informatics
commit to EBP and modern information management
what are the benefits of informatics in nursing
improved accuracy, speed, and communication
what does providing aggregated data mean
combining data from several sources and presenting it together
HIMSS
healthcare information and management systems society
TIGER
technology informatics guiding education reform
computer literacy
just enough information to get by (temporary)
computer fluency
taking what you have learned and applying it in different circumstances (dynamic)
informatics literacy
requires computer skills as well as critical thinking and problem solving