Nursing informatics is defined as integrating nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate patient information to support nurses and other providers in decision making. The American Nurses Association recognizes trends in information technology like electronic medical records and defines nursing informatics roles like collecting, recording, interpreting, and using clinical data to produce information and knowledge. Healthcare information systems include clinical information systems to support patient care, administrative systems to manage billing and scheduling, and nursing information systems that provide nurses the information they need to practice and document care.

1. Nursing Informatics
Manager of Information Systems
Supervised by:
Prof.Dr. Ameen Al Yaseri
Salim Kareem Sadiq Salam
Burhan Hadi Waleed Ali

2. Objectives
• Defining Informatics
• Definition of informatics cording to American Nurses
Association (ANA).
• Recognize Trends in Information Technology.
• Identify Information Management Roles for Nurses.
• Understand Healthcare Information Systems.

3. Process of using cognitive skills and computers to manage information
ANA (1994) has defined 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.
Defining Informatics:

5. American Nurses Association (ANA)
Definition:
•Nursing Informatics
•Specialty that integrates nursing
science, computer science, and
information science
•Manages and communicates
information in nursing practice

6. ANA Definition…
•Nursing Informatics
•Facilitates integration of data,
information, and knowledge
•Support patients, nurses, and
other providers in decision-
making roles

7. Trends in Information Technology
•Use of computerized medical
records as tools for improving
patient care
•Electronic records
•To improve patient safety

8. Information Management
Roles for Nurses
•Collect clinical data
•Record data
•Interpret data to produce
information
•Use information to produce
knowledge

10. Information Management Roles for Nurses

11. Electronic Health Record
•Secure, real-time, point-of-care,
patient-centric information
resource for clinicians
•Electronic medical record has
many advantages over a paper
system

12. Healthcare Information Systems
•Clinical Information System (CIS)
•Patient care
•Administrative information system
•Manages billing, scheduling, and
human resources

13. Nursing Information Systems
•Part of CIS
•Support nurses by providing
information they need to
practice and document care

14. Privacy
•Ways to protect confidentiality and
privacy
•Passwords
•User authentication
•Audit trail
•Firewalls
•Encryption (coding) of data

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