Introduction 2 Flashcards
Expands our knowledge of what constitutes quality healthcare
Information systems
the most remarkable feature of this 21st century
medicine is that we hold it together with 19th
century paperwork. This is just inexcusable. And it
has to change.
who??
Tommy Thompson
US Secretary of Health
It was created for greater use of Informatics
who??
PITAC
called for adoption on interoperable
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Establish the position of National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology
who?
Pres bush
A digital version of a patient’s paper chart.
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
digital
version of the paper
charts in the clinician’s
office.
EMR
contains the medical
and treatment history
of the patients in one
practice.
EMR
focus on the total health of the patient—going beyond standard clinical data collected in the provider’s office and inclusive of a broader view on a patient’s care.
EHR
They are built to share information with other
health care providers,
EHR
The term informatics originated from the Russian
term
“informatika”
was the first term used to
identify informatics in healthcare.
Medical Informatics
recognized Nursing Informatics as a subspecialty of
nursing
When and who
In 1992, the American Nurses Association (ANA)
An information system that is not only user friendly for data input BUT presents the clinical nurse with needed information in a manner that is
timely and useful.
The use of computer technology in all nursing
endeavors: services, education and research
who?
(Scholes & Barber,1980)
Use of information technologies in carrying
out nursing functions
Who
(Hannah et al, 1994)