C468 Information Management and Application of Technology

Project management life cycle (PMLC) - design/plan: scope and charter documents, which guide how the system will be implemented and what officially can and cannot be done, metrics for evaluation , then evaluated including adding metrics to monitor measures of success progress; resource availability, team selection/consultants implementation: WBS/Gantt chart, communication plan, risk assessment plan, change management monitoring and control evaluation lessons learned w/knowledge transfer information science - originally a subdiscipline of computer science, supports the collection and management of informationand applies technology to make information usable Information system - system comprised of the hardware and software that make up an organization's infrastructure The Beginning Nurse - fundamental information management and computer technology skills and use existing information systems and established information management practices Information literacy - the ability to read and understand the written word and numbers as well as the ability to recognize when information is needed Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) - (2004), called for improving nursing education competencies for the development of a workforce capable of delivering patient care through health information technology admission/discharge/transfer (ADT) system - system integrated with other administrative and clinical systems and tracks a patient's activities and locations from hospital or clinic