Continuity of Care Record (CCD) ✔✔Technical informatics standards that provides a snapshot of person
current health to a provider who does not have access to person's health record.
CDSS (Clinical Decision Support System) ✔✔Designed to help the healthcare providers to make
knowledge-based clinical decisions. e.g. allergy alert, drug-to-drug interactions.
information ✔✔the data that has been interpreted.
Data ✔✔is the collections of facts, numbers and characters that are gathered according to some
perceived need for analysis.
Wisdom ✔✔using knowledge and experience to manage and solve problems.
alarm fatigue ✔✔Occurs when nurses become desensitized to patient care alarms and then miss or
delay response to an alarm
Health Information Technology (HIT) ✔✔Information systems and other information technology used to
record, monitor, and deliver patient care as well as perform managerial and organizational functions
Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) ✔✔formed in 2004 to advance nurses
competencies related to informatics.
Ergonomics ✔✔The scientific study of work and space including details that impacts productivity and
health.
Informatics ✔✔is the science and art of turning data into information.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) ✔✔EHR is a digital version of a patient paper chart. EHR is a real-time
patient-centered record that makes information available instantly and securely to authorized users.