Nursing Informatics.pptx

OBJECTIVES
• Define nursing informatics.
• Discuss history of nursing informatics
• Discuss the benefits of nursing informatics.
• Explain functions of nursing informatics.
• Discuss importance of nursing informatics.
• Explain nursing informatics in hospital.
• Explain nursing informatics in community.
• Describe the impact of nursing informatics in nursing
profession.
• Describe role of nurse in nursing informatics.
• Discuss the difference between Health Care informatics
and Nursing Informatics.
• Trends in nursing infomatics

MEANING
Informatics comes from the French word
“informatique” which means “computer
science”.
Informatics is defined as computer
science+ information science.

DEFINITION
Nursing informatics as “the
use of computers technology
to support nursing, including
clinical practice,
administration, education and
research.” Hebda (1998),

Nursing informatics as the development and
evaluation of applications, tools, processes and
structures which assist nurses with the
management of data in taking care of patients or
supporting the practice of nursing.
ANA (American Nurses Association) 1994,

HISTORY OF NURSING
INFORMATICS

o Florence nightingale has been recognized as an
early informatics nurse because of her use of
data to inform knowledge and change nursing
practices.
o In 1863, she was very clear in her desire to
collect, retrieve and analyze data to be able to
recognize trends in illness and treatments to
improve the quality of care.
o In 19770s the nursing staff became
instrumental in development of nursing
application for hospital information
systems.
o In the 1970s and early 1980s nursing
informatics was broadly defined as the use of
computers technology to support all aspects
of nursing practice, and it was frequently
confused with computer literacy skills of the
nurse.

o During 1990s and beyond the internet became the tool for
web based clinical applications for health care professional.
o In 1996 truly introduced a model that illustrate the interaction
of the sciences that contribute to nursing informatics,
computer science, language processing and visual attention.
o 1988: First graduate program in Nursing Informatics at the
University of Maryland School of Nursing with a focus on
understanding nursing informatics systems and science.
o 1990: University of Utah offered a graduate program for
Nursing Informatics focused on the transformation of data
into clinical decision-making.
o 1995: Nursing Informatics certification became available
through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
o 1992: Nursing Informatics was formally recognized as a
nursing specialty by the American Nurses Association
o 1998: New York University School of Nursing offered a nursing
informatics graduate track.
o 2003: The University of Arizona College of Nursing offered the
first doctorate in nursing with the option of study being
healthcare informatics

BENEFITS OF COMPUTER AUTOMATION IN HEALTH
CARE
1) Decreased redundancy of
data entry
2) Decreased time spent in
documentation
3)Increased time for client
care

4) Facilitation of data collection for research
5)Improved communication and decreased
potential for error
6)Creation of a lifetime clinical record facilitated
by information systems

FUNCTIONS OF NURSING INFORMATICS
Nursing informatics allows nurses to access
health information in order to develop,
implement, and evaluate methods of patient
care or treatment.

•Nurses are able to review all information related to
particular patient, which can lead to more efficient,
which can lead to more efficient communication and
care.

IMPORTANCE OF NURSING INFORMATICS
•Enables the appropriate flow
of data collected by nurses,
improving access to patient
information at the point of
care, and enhancing nursing
abilities to benchmark,
monitor and audit quality
measures.

•Aids to collect, store, process, display, retrieve and
communicate timely data and information in and across
health care facilities designed to
 Administer nursing services and resource.
Manage delivery of patient and nursing care including
documentation and planning.
Link research resources and finding to nursing practice
 Apply educational resources to nursing education
 Facilitates the integration of data, information and
knowledge to support client, nurses and other provider in
their decision making in all roles and settings.
 Promotes the generation, management and processing of
relevant data in order to use information and develop
knowledge that supports nursing in all practice domains to
improve practice and deliver better nursing care. This
knowledge is useful to nurses in decision making at the
operational and strategic planning levels of health care.
 Nursing informatics allows for the evaluation of nursing

1) Storage of Patient Data:
 Store note of the patient observe during round.
 Access the right medical information at the right
time.
 To access information when you need to be quick,
efficient and accurate.

2) Computerized Presentations:
Computerized power point presentations are
much more efficient and has more impact on the
receiver when it comes to presenting data.
Even in the field of nursing education, computers
help the nursing tutors/educators to present the
large and complicated detailed form of data, which
of course is a part of the medical study, in a very
simplified and effective form.

3) Teaching nurses through
Simulations:
The field of medicine involves the
concept of "hands-on work".
Nursing education therefore, must
involve a lot of practice programs to
make the students efficient to face the
real life scenario.
Computer programs which enable
simulate such procedures therefore are of
great use.

4) Computerized Self Evaluation
Computers also contribute and help the
students know their strengths and weaknesses.
There are many computerized quiz and medical
tests with immediate feedback that can help you
brush and develop your medical facts and
requirements without any delay.

5) Medical Data
Every day hospitals and clinics which are attached
to it churn out enormous volumes of data regarding
patients, prescriptions, medications, medical billing
details, etc.
Such medical records, are now a day‘s recorded
into medical billing software. Such mammoth
databases are known as Electronic Medical Records
(EMR) and Electronic Health Records (EHR).

7) Medical Examination:
 Medical monitoring which will help humans to
properly monitor their own health.
 Such systems and procedures include, bone scan
procedure, prenatal ultrasound imaging, blood
glucose monitors, advanced endoscopy which is
used during surgery and blood pressure monitors.
 Basically these medical tests and tools provide
significant convenience to medical practitioners.

Other uses of computer in hospital
•Assessment:
•Patient monitoring:
•Documentation:
•Nursing minimum data sheet:
•Telemedicine:
•Electronic Medical Records (EMR):
 Increased efficiency:
Improved documentation:
Improved quality of care:
Improved security:
Reduced documentation expenses:

NURSING INFORMATICS IN COMMUNITY
Computer networks are being used in innovative
ways in home setting.
The main uses of computers in community are:
•A computer placed in high risk clients home allows
them to access information on a variety of health
topics.

•They can record data about their health status that can
be transmitted to the health care providers at the
central network computer.
•Advances telenursing or telehealth.
•Gathering of epidemiological and administrative
statistics.
•Patient appointments- identification system.
•Patient assessment and data gathering.
•Monitoring.
•Documentation.

National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
•The Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)- in each of
the 6 lakh villages of the country so that the medical
needs of the people living in remote areas could be
taken care of.
•ASHA would be connected with a telephone as well as a
computer with the rest of the facilities in the public
health care chain.

Primary health center
•Designed to lessen the paperwork responsibility, get
better data accuracy, and facilitate village health
worker to provide timely care and information to the
rural and semi urban population.
•2 projects were designed for this.
1.Health Management Research Institute
2.Emergency Management Research Institute

Other uses in community
•Community information
•Monthly report (no of birth, immunization,
communicable disease, deaths, delivery)
•Planning for program
•Planning for mobile clinic with regard to the
information
•Vital statistics
•Hospital statistics
•Community mapping
•Research Epidemic outbreak
•Demographic characteristics of population
•Mass education

IMPACT OF NURSING
INFORMATICS IN NURSING
PROFESSION
The nursing profession is rapidly changing to
keep up with advancements and new
challenges in the healthcare field. As direct
caregivers, nurses are in the front lines of
patient care and consequently often feel the
impact of changes in best practices more
immediately than other healthcare
professionals.

Assistant Professor of Biomedical and Health
Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at
Chicago, reported that there are three specific
challenges that healthcare is currently facing:
The aging population
The incidence and prevalence of chronic
– such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and
pulmonary disease
The shortage of doctors and nurses.

“Information and communication technologies, mobile
health devices, wearable technologies are all becoming
very, very important for supporting remote patient
monitoring and home care.”

•One of the primary ways that informatics has
changed nursing practice is through
documentation.
•Health informatics is also an important part
of care coordination in nursing.
•The ability to track staffing, workflow and
communication can help nurses to identify areas
where current processes can be improved. This
can also help ensure that staffing levels remain
adequate, which is critical for providing patients
with the best possible care.

Disadvantages of Technology in Nursing
Set Up and Internet Access: An important disadvantage of
technology in nursing is that some patients may not be savvy with
technology. Some patients may not have mobile phones or
Internet access, making applications and video visits useless for
them.
At the Mercy of the Server/Power: If either of these things goes
down due to weather, connectivity problems, or natural disasters,
you’re basically unable to do anything at all. This would be
especially problematic in a nursing classroom setting if simulations

Potential Lack of Attention to Detail: While technology in
nursing should lead to fewer medical errors, there is no
guarantee that it will eradicate ALL errors. Human efficiency
and thought are still important, which is why nurses,
doctors, and patients must remember that technology
does not always have the final say. There is still plenty of
room for error, and all diagnoses, treatments, and care
plans should be double and triple checked to ensure safety
an accuracy overall.
Malfunctioning Equipment: One of the biggest headaches
of technology is what happens when technology just
doesn’t work.

ROLE OF NURSE IN NURSING INFORMATICS
Nurse Informaticists are often perceived as the
“techy” nurse, “super-user”, or the “go-to” person
when new technology is implemented.
They are often referred to as “bi-lingual” nurses who
can speak the nursing process and information
technology language.
Being an expert in both fields and a liaison between
the two worlds, nurses have assumed different roles
and positions in the arena of informatics.

A recent survey conducted by Healthcare Information
and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) revealed
that 14% of nurses are in nursing informatics role.
Nurses comprise the biggest workforce in healthcare.
This being said, nurses are the largest work-group of
end-users of electronic medical record and clinical
information systems; therefore, it is imperative that
nurses are well-represented in the selection, design,
implementation, and evaluation of clinical information
systems.
Evidence has shown that nurses who were involved
in the clinical information system cycle have more
buy-in, user- acceptance, and positive perception –
all are precursors to successful implementation.

HEALTH CARE INFORMATICS
 Work at the intersection of
computer science,
information technology,
and health care
administration.
 Implement electronic health
records and understand how
they impact organizational,
operational, and staffing
needs.
 Manage, interpret, and
 communicate data to
FOCUS
Numerous roles within health
care, emphasizing compliance
with regulations and
improving hospital finances.
RESPONSI
B-ILITIES
Patient focused,
emphasizing
improvement in patient
care.
 Work at the intersection of
computer science,
information technology,
and nursing.
 Assess hospital and patient
needs as well as business
and IT needs.
 Develop efficient clinical
workflow to assess gaps in
health care delivery system
and create ways to address

JOB TITLES
TO
EXPLORE
 Coordinate hardware,
software, regulatory
requirements, and
infrastructure of a hospital or
health system.
 Work with staff education to
design training programs for
staff when implementing a
new electronic health records
system.
 Integrate ICD-10 into systems.
 Chief clinical informatics
officer
 Director of clinical informatics
 Project manager
 Clinical manager
 Program director
 Business analyst
 Verify that electronic health
records capture information at
the point of care accurately and
in a standardized format.
 Support continuity and quality of
care across caregivers.
 Integrate ICD-10 into systems.
 Assist in staff training programs
on electronic health record
systems.
 Nursing informatics specialist
 Director of clinical informatics
 Clinical analyst
 Consultant
 Clinical informatics specialist
Chief nursing informatics officer

The Role of Nursing Informatics on Promoting
Quality of Health Care and the Need for
Appropriate Education
Asieh Darvish,1 Fatemeh Bahramnezhad,1 Sara
Keyhanian,2 and Mojdeh Navidhamidi1,3
Glob J Health Sci. 2014 Nov; 6(6): 11–18.
In today’s dynamic health systems, technology plays
an important role in education and nursing work. So it
seems necessary to study the role of nurses and
highlight the need for appropriate information
technology educational programs to integrate with the
ever-increasing pace of technology.

An extensive literature search was performed by using
databases Pubmed, Google Scholar, Ovid, Science
Direct and SID. Search terms were “education,
nursing”; “quality of health care”; “nursing
informatics” and technology. The study was carried
out from January toApril, 2014.Alibrary search was
also performed.As many as 135 articles were
retrieved. With a critical point of view, 40 articles in
English were selected that specifically focused on
nursing informatics education and its influence on
nursing outcomes and the quality of health care.

In today’s world the potential for information and
communication technology application is increasing so
that it can enhance the quality of nursing domains
outcome (McNelis et al., 2012). Nurses have the most
communication with patients, and interact with
technology more frequently. Using technology should
create a positive attitude in nursing productivity. It is
essential for nurses to be involved in the initial design
of systems to improve the quality of health care and
change their culture in this regard (Darvish & Salsali,
2010), (Jenkins et al., 2007).

 MAR 02, 2023
 Keeping an eye on these major nursing technology
trends for 2023 will offer a better understanding of what
is to come in medicine and healthcare, and prepare you
for any new expectations from both staff and patients.

 In 2022, 38% of patients have received telehealthcare. Just ten
years ago, telehealth services were unheard of. Now, hospitals are
taking advantage of telemedicine to provide patients with the
services they need that they otherwise would not have access to.
 Telehealth has become wildly popular for at-home users and
patients, and a greater occurrence of telehealth services being
provided to hospital patients. This number is projected to continue
to grow in the coming years. As more and more hospitals see the
benefits of telehealth for their patients, the industry will see
greater occurrences of telehealth services offered in the hospital
setting.

• Hospital telehealth services are constantly evolving to better
serve the needs of the patients who utilize them. Like every
other sector in the technology industry, telehealth is
undergoing innovation that makes it more accessible, both for
hospital patients and their providers.
• There are tons of telemedicine apps that exist that make
patient/doctor communication possible—and not only
possible but easy.
• To keep up with what patients are looking for, hospitals are
employing new workstations on wheels built specifically for
healthcare. The most common is a tablet cart to make video
calls a seamless occurrence.
• This technology has become lightweight and more user-
friendly than ever, making telehealth communication
approachable and less intimidating for hospital patients.

artificial intelligence
more doctors are utilizing
telemedicine

4. Seamless discharges and follow-ups
 Most hospitalized patients have a follow-up appointment after
they’re discharged. For many patients, especially those in rural
areas, making a follow-up appointment can end up taking
hours. Even if a follow-up appointment is half an hour or less, a
round-trip follow-up visit can last the entire morning.
 However, telehealth services eliminate the need for travel to
follow-up appointments. Additionally, telemedicine allows for
recently discharged patients to speak face-to-face with their
provider if they feel that something isn’t going as planned with
their recovery. Remote check-ins are easy, convenient ways for
recently discharged hospital patients to get the care they need
from the comfort of their homes.

smaller, rural hospital
systems
patient care is better

6. Improved connections with loved ones
 This is one of the greatest, yet perhaps the most overlooked, trends of
telehealth services. As hospital patients are admitted and separated from
their loved ones, this often takes a toll on their emotional health. But with
greater utilization of telehealth communication, patients are able
to communicate with their loved ones virtually, even if face-to-face visits
aren’t possible.
 In the past, patients could connect with loved ones via apps on their
smartphones. But for older hospitalized patients or patients who aren’t
comfortable with this kind of technology, hospital-provided telehealth
communication allows these patients to connect in meaningful ways. Having
increasingly quality access to family and friends—on large screens with
adequate volume—can improve a patient’s hospital stay exponentially. And
when a patient is emotionally well, their physical healing can happen that
much faster.

 7. Market consolidation
 It looks like this is the year the telehealth industry will begin to see real
steps in market consolidation. And for patients, this trend toward market
consolidation means better services all around. Improved hardware and
software, new initiatives to make telehealth more accessible, and other
innovations and investments mean that patients will likely see a
holistically improved telehealth system across the board. As telehealth
becomes a more prominent industry, more resources will be utilized to
make it more accessible and more helpful to patients and doctors alike.

 8. A contactless experience
 While a patient’s hospital stay won’t be complete without human touch,
telehealth does make a way for a contactless experience in some cases. In a
post-pandemic world, patients can expect more and more telehealth services
to replace in-person services, especially as they’re first entering a hospital
facility.
 Providers are using telehealth services to screen patients and perform early
diagnoses before they see them face to face. This can look like a patient being
escorted to a triage room where vitals are taken, then a telehealth cart is
rolled in so they can have a conversation with a doctor. Human touch is
essential for our well-being as individuals, and practically, a patient can’t be
treated without physical interaction from nurses and doctors. But as
telehealth technologies improve and become more commonplace, they’re
being utilized in hospital facilities to reduce the spread of disease right from
the moment a patient enters through the doors.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN NI
Nursing informatics can be a highly paid field
compared to other healthcare careers.
 Nurse informatics
 Nursing informatics specialist
 Nursing informatics clinician
 Clinical informatics coordinator
 Clinical analyst
 Clinical nurse informatics specialist
 IT clinical nurse
 Preoperative informatics nurse

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Chandran.C, A Text book on Nursing Management,
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