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Clinical Informatics
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,Nursing informatics originated from a French word. What is this Informatique
French word?
It refers to the field of computer science concerned with the Nursing Informatics
processing of information such as nursing information.
This was seen as a tool that could be used in many Computer
environments.
During what time period were computers introduced into Early 1960s
healthcare facilities?
HIT stands for? Healthcare Information Technology
It is an all-encompassing term referring to technology that HIT / Healthcare Information Technology
captures, processes, and generates healthcare information.
How many years ago was it when computers were first 40 years ago
introduced into the nursing profession?
In what time period were computers first developed? Prior to 1960s
CPOE stands for? Computerized Physician Order Entry
What are the earliest clinical information systems to include Technicon Data System (TDS) / Eclipsys & Allscripts
nursing practice protocols?
Who defined NI as "the specialty that integrates nursing science ANA / American Nurses Association
with multiple information and analytical sciences to identify,
define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge,
and wisdom in nursing practice."
They define NI as "the integration of nursing, its information, The Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group of the International Medical Informatics
and information management with information processing and Association
communication technology, to support the health of people
worldwide."
AMIA defined this type of NI as "the field devoted to Consumer Health Informatics
informatics from multiple consumer or patient views.
The focus of this type of informatics is different; it emphasizes Consumer Health Informatics
"information structures and
processes that empower consumers to manage their own health
—for example health
information literacy, consumer-friendly language, personal
health records, and Internet-based
strategies and resources"
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, The U.S. National Library of Medicine defined this type of NI as Health Informatics
"the Interdisciplinary study of the design, development,
adoption, and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare
services delivery, management, and planning."
Historically, the IOM (2003) identified five core competencies 1. Focus on quality improvement (QI)
needed by all healthcare care 2. Apply informatics skills and competencies
providers. Two of the five specifically define informatics
requirements:
In 2008, they both emphasized that knowledge and skills in American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the National League of Nursing
information management (NLN)
and patient care technology (informatics) are critical components
in nursing education and accreditation.
They prepared a groundbreaking report, The Future of Nursing: IOM
Leading Change, Advancing Health (2010), which looked 10
years to the future of nursing practice and suggested that the
nursing workforce of 2020 will primarily be technology-based,
requiring high-tech informatics skills.
EHR stands for? Electronic Health Record
What was considered to be the first major clinical A
information system used for documenting nursing
practice in the 1970s?
A. Technicon Data System (TDS)
B. Metathesaurus of the NLM
C. PLATOU.S. ANC Educational Workshop
E. All of the above
Which event was the most significant milestone for C
nursing and computers and/or nursing informatics
in the 1980s?
A. Internet emerged for public use.
B. U.S. Army conducted an International Computer
Conference in Europe.
C. ANA approved the formation of the Council on
Computer Applications in Nursing (CCAN). A Physiological
Monitoring System emerged for
documenting nursing practice.
D. All of the above
Which event was the most significant milestone for C
informatics in the 1990s?
A. Nursing presented first nursing papers at
SCAMC.
B. HITECH Act was passed.
C. ANA recognized the first four nursing
terminologies.
F. NLN approved NI standards.
H. All of the above.
Which event in 2000s became a significant milestone for A, C
healthcare informatics?
A. Bar coding technology emerged.
B. RFID technology emerged.
C. ONC was established
D. MU was initiated.
E. All of the above.
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