and revised answers (Detailed)
Informatics?
-Deliver healthcare needs to other members of the healthcare team (ex, patient needs breathing
treatment, send electronic message to respiratory therapist to notify).
-Refers to the management and processing of information, generally with the assistance of
computers
Goal of informatics?
- combine, manage nursing, and computer science to effectively communicate data and
knowledge
- improve health care delivery and efficiency
- facilitate integration of data, information, and knowledge to aid in decision-making
- integrates computer, cognitive, and information science to manage and communicate data
- communication, education, and research
Nursing informatics?
-" Application of computer and information science in all basic and biomedical sciences to
facilitate the acquisition, processing, interpretation, optimal use, and communication of health-
related data.
-" use of information and computer technology to support all aspects of nursing practice,
including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research
The focus is on the patient and the process of care, and the goal is to enhance the quality and
efficiency of care provided
Focus of health care information systems?
-A group of systems used within a health care organization to support and enhance care
-Clinical information and administrative information systems, together the two systems operate
to make the entry and communication of data and information more efficient
Universal language system?
-A health care-related language system to help everyone understand each other, uniform,
accurate, and automated client care
- helps compare and analyze information to improve client care
Uniform taxonomies?
, Facilitates communication
- nursing diagnosis
- definitions and classifications (NANDA)
- nursing interventions (NIC)
- nursing outcomes (NOC)
- Omaha Systems
Digital healthcare community?
- serves patients and team members
- allows for a proactive response to wellness promotion, disease prevention, treatment of illness,
and advancement of knowledge
Webcams for the client?
-Able to use a webcam to assess and update patient records (ex, use a webcam to view incision,
and document findings)
HIPAA?
-(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)
- National standards for protecting clients' health information
- regulate electronic communication
- automatic sign-offs when leaving a computer screen
- Alarms on mobile devices to prevent theft
- unique passwords
- shredding documents
ARRA?
-American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Advantages of integrating nursing informatics?
- Assess documents without leaving the client side
- Locate, compare, and analyze local, national and global data through one access point
- Improve the quality of health care delivery
- Strengthen the relationship between nurses, and clients
QSEN?
-Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
TIGER