Lesson 1 Flashcards
Translated “informatics”
Walter Bauer
Combined the terms “information” and “automation”
Walter Bauer
Automation means
Automatic information processing
A science that combines a domain science, computer science, information science, and cognitive science
Informatics
The practice of acquiring, studying, and managing health data and applying medical concepts in conjunction with health information technology systems
Health Informatics
What are components of healthcare informatics:
Computer science
Healthcare science
Information science
Cognitive science
What component:
Development, configuration, architecture of computer hardware and software
Computer science
What component: body of knowledge on which healthcare profession bases their practice
Healthcare science
What component:
the science of anatomy,physiology, and knowledge specific to each profession
Healthcare science
What component:
includes information technology which involves in the process of sending and receiving information
Information science
What component:
The process of human thinking, understanding, and remembering
Cognitive science
Computer science, information science, and nursing science combined to assist in the management and processing of data
Nursing Informatics
It facilitates the integration of data, information, and knowledge to support patients, nurses, and other providers
Nursing Informatics
What are the “computer system that nurses use”
Management Information System
Hospital Information System
This system facilitates the organization and application of data “used to manage an organization or department”
Management Information System
This system serves as a way to prevent duplication of data of patiens and keeps the flow of patients especially those old patients
Management Information System
This system catered to the types of data needed to manage client care activities and health care organizations
Hospital Information System
The personnel in these areas enter the data needed to allow management and billing
Hospital Information System
What are the purpose of Nursing Informatics?
For nursing education
Computer assisted learning
Distance learning
Documentation
What are the 3 Core Competencies
The Entry Level Nurse
The Experienced Nurse
The Informatics Nurse Specialist
Identify the core competency:
Skilled in information management and computer technology to sustain their specific area of practice
The Experienced Nurse
Identify the core competency:
Knows how to use specific nursing software such as computerized documentation
The Entry Level Nurse
Identify the core competency:
Has advanced informatics preparation at the graduate level and assists the practicing nurse in meeting the needs for information
The Informatic Nurse Specialist
Nurses have worked in informatics roles for over ___ years
30 years
It has established itself as a specialty in nursing field
Nursing Informatics
These materials are first used in intensive and critical care settings
Ventilator and Physiological Monitors
Four Major Nursing Areas
Nursing Practice
Nursing Administration
Nursing Education
Nursing Research
What are the Standard Initiatives
Nursing Practice Standards
Nursing Data Standards
Healthcare Data Standards Organization
