NUR 514 The Evolution of Nursing Informatics Presentation
NUR 514 The Evolution of Nursing Informatics Presentation
Introduction
Nursing Informatics Practice
Role of Nursing Informatics in Health Systems
Role of Advanced Registered Nurse Leader
Informatics as a core Aspect Quality Care Delivery
Objectives of the Presentation
Definition of Nursing Informatics & Its History
Nursing Informatics Impacts on Nursing Leadership, Clinical Practice, Education & Research
Effects of Government Regulations on Organizational Policy on Health Information Systems
Nurse-Led Innovation & Relationship with Advances in Informatics
Using Informatics to Improve Quality of Patient Care
Example of Nurse’s Role in Health Care Data transformation into Knowledge to enhance patient care using Informatics Practice
The objectives of the presentation include defining nursing informatics and its history, the impact of nursing informatics on nursing leadership, clinical practice, education and research in the profession. The presentation delves into the effects of regulations by government on health information systems’ policies and the role of nurse-led innovation models as well as the relationships due to the advances in informatics. The presentation also looks at the use of informatics to enhance quality of patient care. Lastly, the presentation provides an example of nurse’s role in health care data transformation and knowledge to enhance patient care by deploying informatics in their practice.
Definition of Nursing Informatics & History
vDefining Informatics (ANA)
vRoles and Requirements
vValue of Nursing Informatics
vClinical Workflows
The American Nurses Association (ANA) asserts that nursing informatics is a specialty in the profession which integrates nursing science and different information and analytical sciences aimed at identifying, defining, managing and communicating information, data, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. The implication is that nursing informatics play critical roles in health care. Those seeking to join the specialty should possess a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) as the minimum. However, those seeking leadership as advanced practice nurses should have a master’s degree and certification. They should also possess experience and strong technical skills and project management capabilities alongside experience in leadership (Kelley, 2019). Nursing informatics specialists are the translators that have transformed into health technology innovators to improve overall quality of care.
Value in Healthcare
vNursing Informatics Professionals are distinct, hybrid heroes of healthcare
vAdvocate for impactful Innovation
vThe Contributions and guidance improve workflows for healthcare staff and Best Practices
vEvolving Value of Nursing Informatics
Informatics nurses are distinct professionals and hybrid heroes in healthcare who advocate for impactful innovations to keep patients safe and at the focus of care provision. Their contributions and guidance lead to improved workflow for healthcare staff and allow them to develop best practices through effective management of informatics structures processes and use of technology (Kelley, 2019). Through this approach, nursing informatics has an evolving value to health care for better quality care.
History of Nursing Informatics
From the start of modern nursing, data emanating from standardized patient records were considered as essential resources in assessing and enhancing the quality of care. Nursing informatics began to evolve in the second part of the last century but did not have a standardized language. The attributes of computability and semantic interoperability affected the realization of the specialty until 1980s when it emerged as an essential part of enhancing patient care quality. The American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) was established in 1992 after the ANA recognized the specialty as a critical component of healthcare provision. The 1980s is considered as the growth-spurt decade which enabled the profession to be what it is today (Knox, 2019). The implication is that to realize the potential of nurses to transform and enhance health care and outcomes through informatics will need fundamental changes among individuals, organizations and systems.
Nursing Informatics Impacts on Nursing Leadership, Clinical Practice & Administration
vImpacts of Nursing Informatics on Leadership
vNursing informatics on clinical Practice
vNursing Informatics
vNursing Informatics on Administration
Nursing informatics impacts nursing leadership as it implores nurse leaders and those in the management of organizations to develop innovative care models by leveraging on information technology. Nurse leadership focus on enhancing quality care and through informatics, nurse leaders can improve patient care and outcomes. Nursing informatics affects clinical practice through the collection and analysis of, and leveraging data to make more effective care decisions and choices. Informatics influences the nursing practice through the management of resources and development of multidisciplinary teams to improve care delivery. Nursing informatics has impacted documentation as nurses no longer need paper charts that had to be updated meticulously using handwritten notes and comments (Moore et al., 2019). Nurses are more likely to use electronic health records and other forms of documentation to input patient’s health information and medical history. Informatics impact healthcare administration through leveraging data to make staff schedules, care plans and use evidence-based practice interventions in healthcare delivery.
Impact of Nursing Informatics on Education and Research
Nursing informatics is an essential component of quality care delivery and affects education and research in nursing. Due to increased use of informatics nursing, nurses can enhance their competence in using health information technology. Faculty nurses can integrate the aspects of health information into curriculum at all levels of nursing training. A core aspect of nursing informatics is the value-addition that it has on health care outcomes and increased need for more research on using effective documentation for delivery (Farokhzadian et al., 2020). The increased integration of health information technology with artificial intelligence underscores the critical approach to better documentation and outcomes as well as effective decision making and IT training for nurse practitioners.
Organizational policies on Health Information Systems and Government regulations
vAdherence and Compliance to Existing Regulations
vPatient Safety and Data Security Protocols
vPrivacy Protection & Confidentiality
vHIPAA, HITECH, Affordable Care Act 2010
Organizational policies create goals that technical mechanisms serve, highlight appropriate uses and release of information, create avenues for prevention and detection of breaches and set rules to discipline offenders. Organizational policies must create a balance between the need to access appropriate and relevant health information for care provision and the protection of patients’ rights to privacy and compliance to existing legal frameworks. Imperatively, government regulations on patient safety and data security are critical aspects when designing organizational policies in nursing informatics and other aspects of health information technology (Moore et al., 2019). Patients can only reveal their information when they know that their privacy and confidentiality rights are guaranteed by the health care providers or system. This means that government regulations like HIPAA, HITECH, and Affordable Care Act 2010 provisions are upheld by a healthcare provider.