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After reading Chapter 12 and reviewing the lecture powerpoint (located in lectures tab), please answer the following questions. Each question must have at least 3 paragraphs and you must use at 3 least references (APA) included in your post.1. What is your role as a nurse in protecting patient healthcare information?2. Describe the role of information management nursing practice.3. Research what types of technologies and service such as free internet exist in South Florida for underserved populations. Describe what they are and how does the underserved population gain access to them.Very Important NO Plagiarism
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Chapter 12
Informatics
in Professional
Nursing Practice
Nursing Informatics (NI)
• NI a specialty that integrates nursing science,
computer science, and information science to
manage and communicate data, information,
and knowledge in nursing practice
• NI facilitates the integration of data,
information, knowledge, and wisdom to
support patients, nurses, and other providers in
their decision making in all roles and settings
Clinical Informatics
• Includes nursing as well as other medical and
health specialties and addresses the use of
information systems in patient care
• Domains of clinical informatics include the 3
areas of health systems, clinical care, and
information and communication technologies
Informatics Versus Health Informatics
• Health informatics encompasses the
interdisciplinary study of the design,
development, adoption, and application of ITbased innovations in healthcare services
delivery, management, and planning
• Informatics is the science of collecting,
managing, and retrieving information
The Impact of Legislation on
Health Informatics
• The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Health Information Technology for Economic
and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (PPACA)
Nursing Informatics Competencies
• AACN Essentials
• QSEN Competencies
• Nurse of the Future: Nursing Core Competencies
• TIGER Competencies
Basic Computer Competencies (1 of 2)
• Basic computer competencies include
understanding the concepts of information and
communication technology, possessing skill in
the use of a computer and managing files,
word processing, working with spreadsheets,
using databases, creating presentations, web
browsing, and communicating
Basic Computer Competencies (2 of 2)
• Web browsing
• Communication
– Email
– Listserv groups and mailing lists
– Social media
– Telehealth
ANA Principles for Social Networking
(1 of 2)
• Nurses must not transmit or place online
individually identifiable patient information
• Nurses must observe ethically prescribed
professional patient−nurse boundaries
• Nurses should understand that patients,
colleagues, institutions, and employers may
view posting
ANA Principles for Social Networking
(2 of 2)
• Nurses should take advantage of privacy
settings and seek to separate personal and
professional information online
• Nurses should bring content that could harm a
patient’s privacy, rights, or welfare to the
attention of appropriate authorities
• Nurses should participate in developing
institutional policies governing online contact
The National Council of State Boards
of Nursing’s Social Media Guidelines
for Nurses Video
https://www.ncsbn.org/347.htm
Information Literacy:
Electronic Databases
• CINAHL
• Health Source
• MEDLINE
• ERIC
• Nursing/Academic
Edition
• PsycINFO
• Google Scholar
• Cochrane Library
Information Literacy:
Website Evaluation
• Accuracy
• Authority or source
• Objectivity
• Currency or timeliness
• Coverage or quality
• Usability
Information Literacy:
Health Information Online (HONcode)
• Authoritative
• Justifiability
• Complementarity
• Transparency
• Privacy
• Financial disclosure
• Attribution
• Advertising policy
Information Management
• Electronic health record (EHR)
• Clinical decision support system (CDSS)
• Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
• Barcode medication administration (BCMA)
• Admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT)
systems
• Handheld devices
Current and Future Trends
• Hospital value-based purchasing (VBP)
program and HITECH incentive programs
linking data and EHR meaningful use to fiscal
reimbursement in order to move the healthcare
system toward quality and safety
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