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"Provides a broad overview of informatics knowledge to empower nurses to be thoughtful and participate in the capture, storage, and use of data to create information and knowledge to optimize patient outcomes...In this book, you will gain an understanding of how clinical decision support tools work so you can provide feedback about [their] effectiveness and recommend additional ways decision support tools help."
-Bonnie L. Westra, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI, From the Foreword
Understanding and managing technology is a key component in providing quality patient care today. This addition to the popular Fast Facts series provides RNs and nursing students with an accessible, concise, step-by-step introduction to the essentials of informatics and its impact on patient lives. This book delivers required competencies and frameworks for both nursing education and practice, expanding upon integral systems and technologies within our healthcare system and their impact on the responsibilities of the individual nurse.
Highlighting the intricacies within a specialized approach to healthcare data, data mining, and data organization, this resource connects day-to-day informatics practices to larger initiatives and perspectives. Clear and concise synopses of healthcare essentials, case studies, and abundant practical examples help readers understand how health informatics improves patient care within the nursing scope of practice. Thought-provoking questions in each chapter facilitate in-depth considerations on chapter content.Key Features:Key information about the electronic health record, telehealth, wearables, and decision-support tools
Practical examples demonstrate how informatics improves patient care within the nurse's scope of practice
Case studies with thought-provoking questions
Nurses' influence on data quality
Relevant ethical, legal, and social issues
The intersection of technology and informatics and the power of data
List of contents
Contributors
Foreword Bonnie L. Westra, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI
Preface1. Informatics and Why It MattersLynda R. Hardy and Ann Deerhake2. Informatics Frameworks and Competencies: What a Nurse Needs to KnowCarolyn Sipes and Lynda R. Hardy3. The Power of DataRebecca Freeman and Helen Hill4. Technology and InformaticsTami H. Wyatt and Xueping Li5. Getting Familiar With the Architecture: Computing Systems, Networks, and Data SecurityLisa M. Blair6. The Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, and Personal Health RecordAngela Wilson-VanMeter and Laurel Courtney7. Decision Support in the Age of Precision HealthLisa M. Blair8. Informatics and the Floor NurseLaurel Courtney and Judith Moore9. Digital Health: mHealth, Telehealth, and WearablesRebecca S. Koszalinski, Marjorie M. Kelley, and Tara R. O'Brien10. Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory IssuesCarolyn Sipes and Lynda R. Hardy11. The User ExperiencePaula Smailes and Marjorie M. Kelley
Index
About the author
Lynda R. Hardy, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is an associate professor of clinical practice at the Ohio State University College of Nursing and affiliate faculty at the Translational Data and Analytics Institute.
