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ANIA American Nursing Informatics Association

2. BCMA Bar Code Medical Administration

3. CI Clinical Informatics/Informaticist

4. CPOE Computerized Physician Order Entry

5. CPRS Computerized Patient Record System

6. EHR Electronic Health Record

7. EMR Electronic Medical Record

8. HIS Hospital Information System

9. PDA Personal Digital Assistant

10. IN Informatics Nurse

11. INS Informatics Nurse Specialist

12. RAM Random Access Memory

13. CPU Central Processing Unit

14. ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases

15. MPOC Mobile Point of Care

16. IT Information Technology

17. PAMI Philippine Association of Medical Informatics

18. VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol

19. FTP File Transfer Protocol
20. WWW World Wide Web
21. LAN Local Area Network
22. WAN Wide Area Network
23. MIS Management Information System
24. OS Operating System
25. PIN Provider Identification Number
26. IP address Internet Protocol Address
27. DSL Digital Subscriber Line
28. BIOS Basic Input Output System
29. Bps Bytes per second
Patient Charting: A patient’s vital signs, admission and nursing assessments, care plan and nursing
notes can be entered into the system either as structured or free text.
Staff Schedules: Nurse can self schedule their shifts using scheduling rules provided in shift
modules. The shifts can later be confirmed or changed by a scheduling coordinator or manager. Shift
modules are designed to handle absences, overtime, staffing levels and cost-effective staffing
 Nursing informatics enables nurses to quickly move to the synthesis of nursing knowledge and
the development of nursing wisdom. Gone were the days of manual documentation that
 consumes most of your time, now, more time are used in applying nursing knowledge and
wisdom to everyday care because of informatics.
 Informatics enables nurses to use information and communications technologies in the:
 collection of data,
 use of information
 generation of knowledge to support nursing practice
 IN – Informatics Nurse:
 RN who works in the area of informatics
 This RN is not formally prepared in informatics but has an interest and/or experience
working in the area.
 INS – Informatics Nurse Specialist:
 RN with advanced, graduate education in nursing informatics or information
management
 Nursing informatics is a new and exciting specialty that combines nursing skills with computer
expertise. Nurse informatics specialists manage and communicate nursing data and
information to improve decision making by consumers, patients, nurses and other health care
providers.
 “Nursing Informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer
science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information,
and knowledge in nursing practice. Nursing informatics facilitates the integration
of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom to support patients, nurses and other
providers in their decision-making in all roles and settings. This support is
accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and
information technology.”
 1992 – First Scope of Practice for Informatics Nurse
 1992 – Informatics Nursing recognized as a specialty by ANA
 1994 – First Informatics Nursing Certification exam offered by ANCC
 2007 – 3rd Version of Informatics Nursing Scope of Practice
 2007: AONE identifies Information Management and Technology as a core competency for
Nurse Executives

• Computer science: development, configuration, architecture of computer hardware and

software.

• Healthcare science: body of knowledge on which healthcare profession bases their practice.
The sciences of anatomy, physiology and knowledge specific to each profession.

• Information science: also includes information technology which involves the process of
sending and receiving information.

• Cognitive science: the process of human thinking, understanding and remembering.

The structure of information

• Data: discrete entities objectively described, without interpretation or context.

– Example: 110

• Information: data processed into a structured form. Data that are interpreted, organized,
structured and given meaning are referred to as information.
 – Example: When combining 110 with other data, it becomes information. Systolic blood
pressure of 110 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of 70 mm Hg. This information can
be captured in a form, on a graph in a report.

• Healthcare informatics is a combination of computer science, healthcare science,

information science and cognitive science.

• Knowledge: synthesized information derived from the interpretation of data. It provides a

logical basis for making decisions.Essential to decision-making and to new discoveries.

The structure of information

• Delivered in conversation, handwritten notes, stored in a computer.

• Regardless of the form, the same basic principles apply to the structure and the use of
information.

• Words are often used interchangeably to describe information.

• Information about each of these areas have an impact on the type and the amount of care
given.

• Information must be:

 accurate

 timely

 accessible

 understandable

• The healthcare of your clients is largely dependant on information.

• Every action taken depends on previous information and knowledge.

• The delivery of health care requires information about:

– Science of type of care (nursing)

– Patient or client

– Provider

– Outcomes

– Process and systems for delivery of care

Current it priorities

• Reduce Medical Errors/Promote Patient Safety

• Implement an EMR

• Connecting IT at Hospital and Remote Locations

TOP BUSINESS ISSUES IMPACTING HEALTHCARE

1. Increasing Patient Safety/Reducing Medical Errors

2. Patient (Customer) Satisfaction

3. Nursing Shortage

4. ANIA - American Nursing Informatics Association

5. BCMA - Bar Code Medical Administration

6. CI - Clinical Informatics/Informaticist

7. CPOE - Computerized Physician Order Entry

8. CPRS - Computerized Patient Record System

9. EHR - Electronic Health Record

10. EMR - Electronic Medical Record

11. HIS - Hospital Information System

12. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant