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Nursing informatics integrates nursing, computer, cognitive, and information sciences. It covers key principles of valuable and quality information, including accessibility, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, cost-effectiveness, flexibility, reliability, relevance, simplicity, verifiability, transparency, security, and reproducibility. The document discusses data, information, and information science, computer systems, cognitive science, connectionism, sources of knowledge, epistemology, wisdom, and the relationship between cognitive informatics and artificial intelligence. It explores the role of nursing informatics in supporting decision-making and introduces the DIKW (data, information, knowledge, and wisdom) paradigm. Finally, it covers aspects of health information technology, such as electronic health records, patient protection, affordable care, and health information exchange.
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GeneralprinciplesofNursingInformatics Nursinginformaticsisthespecialtythatintegratesnursingsciencewithmultipleinformati on management and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, andcommunicatedata,information,knowledge,andwisdominnursingpractice. Oneofthemostfrequentlyquotedandwidelyaccepteddefinitionsofnursinginformaticsisthatitisa combinationofnursingscience,informationscienceandcomputerscience · Knowledge
knowledge dissemination, knowledge generation and knowledge processing. Knowledgeacquisition :applicationofknowledgeacquiredthrougheducation,r esearch,andpracticetoprovideservicesandinterventionstopatientstomaintain,e nhance,orrestoretheirhealth,andtoacquire,
organizationsandinformationsystems.Integratesfeaturesfromcognitivescience,communic ationscience,computerscience,libraryscienceandsocialsciences · InformaticsCompetencies Have been developed to encompass all levels of practice and ensure that entry- levelnursesarereadytoenterthemoretechnologicallyadvancedfieldofnursing.Andestablish advancedcompetenciesforspecialtypractice.Thesecompetenciesmaybeusedtodeterminet heeducationalneedsofcurrentstaffmembers · Informationliteracy Ability to recognize when info is needed as well as the skills to evaluate and useneeded info effectively. this nurse can recognize significant, relevant research andknowhowtoapplyittopractice.abilitytorecognizewheninformationisneededaswellasth eskillstofind,evaluate,anduseneededinformationeffectively · Healthliteracy degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand basic healthinformationandservicesneededtomakeappropriatehealthdecisions · MeaningfulUse useofhealthinformationtechnologytocollectspecificdatawiththeintenttoimprovecare,engag epatients,improvepopulationhealth,andensuretheprivacyandsecurity · Patient-centeredInformationSystems supportstheuseanddocumentationofnursingactivities
○ Informationscience:studyofinformationscience-- concernedwithinput,processing, output, and feedback of data and information throughtechnologyintegrationwithafocusoncomprehendingtheperspectiv eofthestakeholdersinvolvedandthenapplyingITasneeded. ■ Systemically based-- deals with big picture, opposed to individualpiecesoftechnology ■ Integrates communicationscience, computerscience,cognitivescience,libraryscience,andsocialscien ce ■ Linkspeopleandtechnology ■ Machines(inorganicISs)Humans(organicISs) ■ Focusesonwhyandhowtechnologycanbeputtobestusetoserveth einformationflowwithinanorganization ○ Informationsystems:handletheneedsoftheentireorganization(co mmunication,tracking,andresearch) ○ Input:collectingandacquiringrawdata ■ Keyboards,touchscreen,mice,lightpens,automaticscanners ○ Processing:retrieval,analysis,synthesisofdata-- transformsdataintousefulinformationandoutputs ■ Storingforfutureuse,makingcalculations,comparingdata ○ Output:dissemination--produceshelpfulinformation ■ Reports,documents,summaries,alerts,outcomes ● Chapter ○ Motherboard:centralnervoussystemofthecomputer-- facilitatescommunicationamongallcomponentsofthecomputer ○ Hard disk: permanent data storage area that holds gigabytes of data,information,documentsevenwhenthecomputeristurnedoff.Backingupi mportantfilesareimportantbecausediskdrivesarenotinfallible ○ Random-access memory: temporary storage that allows the processor toaccess program codes and data while working on a task--the contents ofRAMarelostoncethesystemisrebootedorshutsoff ○ Software:applicationprograms ■ OSsoftware ● Mostimportantsoftwareonanycomputer ● Very first program to load on computer start-up and isfundamentalfortheoperationofallothersoftwareandtheco mputerhardware ● Allowsusertomultitaskwithease ● Describedin6basicprocesses:Memory,device,processor,andst oragemanagement,applicationanduserinterface ■ Productivitysoftware
● Provideallthebasicprogramsthatauserneedstodotheirwork(w ord,spreadsheet,email,etc) ■ Creativitysoftware ● Allows user to draw, paint, render, record music and sound,andincorporatemultimediainprofessionalaestheticways toshareandconveyinformationandknowledge ■ Communication software ● Allowsusertoshare,dialogue,andnetworkwithotherusersviaex changeofemailorinstantmessage ○ Cloud computing:web-browser based login- accessibledata,software,andhardwarethatyoucanaccessanduse ■ Publiccloud:ownedandoperatedbycompaniesofferingpublicacces stocomputingresources ■ Private cloud: operated for a single organization with theinfrastructurebeingmanagedinternallyoroutsourcedtoathirdp arty ● Chapter ○ Cognitivescience:fourthoffourbasicbuildingblocksusedtounderstandinform atics-- studies the mind, intelligence, and behavior from aninformation- processingperspective ○ Connectionism: component of cognitive science that uses computermodelingthroughartificialneuralnetworkstoexplainhumanintelle ctualabilities ■ Neural network: interconnected simple processing device of thebrainandnervoussystemthatconsistsofaconsiderableamountofele mentsorunitslinkedtogetherinapatternofconnections ○ Sourcesofknowledge ■ Empiricism:knowledgederivedfromexperiencesorsenses ■ Rationalism:knowledgederivedfromreason ■ Instinct,reason,intuition ○ Epistemology:thestudyofthenatureandoriginofknowledge ○ Wisdom:knowingwhenandhowtoapplyknowledge(knowledgeisunder standinginformationinawaythatitcanbemadeuseful) ○ Cognitiveinformatics:fieldofstudythatbridgesthegapinunderstandinghowin formationisprocessedinthemindandinthecomputer ○ AI:fieldthatdealswiththeconception,development,andimplementationof informatics tools based on intelligent technologies-- uses cognitivescience and computer science to replicate and generate humanintelligence ● Chapter
● Chapter ○ Advocate/policydeveloper ■ A nurse informatics specialist who is key to developing theinfrastructureofhealthpolicy.Policydevelopmentonthelocal,n ational,andinternationallevelsisanintegralpartofthisrole. ○ Certification ■ System forvalidatingthatanurse possesses certain skills andknowledge or is competent to complete a task. Competence andskill level are determined by or based on an external review,assessment,examination,oreducation. ○ Consultant ■ A person hired to provide expert advice, opinions, andrecommendationsbasedon his or herareaofexpertise. ○ Data ■ Rawfactsthatlackmeaning. ○ Decisionsupport/outcomesmanager ■ Personchargedwithreviewingtheeffectsofinterventionssug gestedby the computerizeddecisionsupport system. ○ Educator ■ Sage,leader,and/orguidewhoassistsintheprocessorpracticeoflearnin g. ○ Entrepreneur ■ Person who assumes the risks of beginning an enterprise orbusinessandacceptsresponsibilityfororganizingandmanagingthe organization. ○ Informatics ■ A field that integrates a specialty’s science, computer science,cognitive science, and information science to manage andcommunicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in aspecialty’spractice. ○ Informaticsinnovator ■ Onewhomakesenhancementsorimprovementsandcreative,nove l,andinventivesolutionsintheinformaticsspecialty. ○ Informaticsnursespecialist ■ A registered nurse with formal, graduate education in the field ofinformaticsorarelatedfield,whoisconsideredaspecialistinthefieldo fnursinginformatics. ○ Knowledgeworker ■ Thosewhoworkwithinformationandgenerateinformationandkno wledgeasaproduct. ○ Medicalinformatics
■ A specialty that integrates medical science, computer science,cognitive science, and information science to manage andcommunicatedata,information,knowledge,andwisdominmedical practice. ○ Productdeveloper ■ One who designs,creates,and builds aproduct ○ Projectmanager ■ Personresponsibleforthesuccessofaproject,whomanagestheplannin gandenactmentoftheproject. ○ Researcher ■ Theonewhoresearches ○ TIGERinitiative ■ TheworkoftheTechnologyInformaticsGuidingEducationReformteam
. This team of nursing leaders developed a vision for utilizinginformationtechnologytotransformnursingpractice. ● Chapter ○ Adverseevents ■ Anyundesirableexperiencesoroutcomesinapatientrelatedtotheuseofa medicaltreatmentorproduct. ○ AgencyforHealthcareResearchandQuality(AHRQ) ■ AnagencywithintheU.S.DepartmentofHealthandHumanServic es thatsupportshealth servicesresearchinitiatives. ○ Bar-codemedicationadministration(BCMA) ■ Asystemusingbar-codetechnologyaffixedtothemedication ○ Clinicaldecisionsupport(CDS) ■ Acomputer- basedprogramdesignedtoassistcliniciansinmakingclinical decisions by filtering or integrating vast amounts ofinformationandprovidingsuggestionsforclinicalintervention. ○ Computerizedphysicianorderentry(CPOE) ■ Cliniciansplaceorderswithinthesesystemsinsteadofusingtraditi onalhandwrittentranscriptionontopaper. ○ Electronicmedicationadministrationsystem(eMAR) ■ Asystemthatusesbar- codingtechnologyinordertosubmitandfillprescriptions. ○ Failuremodesandeffectsanalysis(FMEA) ■ Asystematicevaluationofaprocesstodeterminehowandwhyitfailedt oproducethedesiredresults. ○ GovernmentAccountabilityOffice(GAO) ■ Thehighestauditinstitutionofthefederalgovernmentthatprovidesaudit ing, evaluation, and investigative services for the U.S.Congress.
■ Collaboratingandinteractingwithotherhealthcareprofessionalstoens urepositivepatientoutcomes. ● Chapter ○ Competencies ■ Rely primarily on methods that self-report through surveyinstrumentationmethods.Validandreliablemethodstoevalu ateinformatics competencies measurably and objectively withinsimulationcentersarenotcurrentlyavailable. ○ electronichealthrecord ■ Creatingasignificantchangeinthewaycliniciansaccess,read,digest, andusetheinformationwithinthehealthrecordtotreatpatients. ○ Simulation ■ Simulation-based learning requires learners to actively participatein dynamic experiences as opposed to static, traditional modes oflearning.
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○ Cognitivetaskanalysis ■ Examination of the nature of a task by breaking it down into itscomponentpartsandidentifyingtheperformers’thoughtprocesses. ○ Cognitivewalkthrough ■ Within cognitive walkthrough when evaluators assess a papermockup,workingprototype,orcompletedinterfacebyobservi ngthestepsusersarelikelytotaketousetheinterface ■ .Thisanalysishelpsdesignersdeterminehowunderstandableandeasy to learn the interface is likely to be for these users and thetypicaltasks ○ Cognitiveworkanalysis ■ Cognitiveworkanalysiswasdevelopedfortheanalysisofcomplex,high- technologyworkdomains ■ AcompleteCWAincludesfivetypes ofanalysis:(1)workdomain, (2)controltasks,(3)strategies,(4)social– organizational,and(5)workercompetencies ■ Work domain analysis describes the functions of the system andidentifiestheinformationthatusersneedtoaccomplishtheirtaskg oals
○ Earcons ■ Auditorytonesthatarecombinedtorepresentrelationshipsamongdata elements, such as the relationship of systolic blood pressuretodiastolicbloodpressure. ○ Ergonomics ■ describethephysicalcharacteristicsofequipment— forexample,theoptimalfitofascissorstoahumanhand. ○ Fieldstudy ■ Study in which end users evaluate a prototype in the actual worksettingpriortoitsgeneralrelease.Alsocalledfieldtest,alphatest,or betatest. ○ Gulfofevaluation ■ Thegapbetweenknowingone’sintention(goal)andknowingtheeffect sofone’sactions. ○ Gulfexecution ■ Thegapbetweenknowingwhatonewantstohavehappen(thegoal) and knowing what to do to bring it about (the means toachievethegoal). ○ Heuristicevaluation ■ Anevaluationinwhichasmallnumberofevaluators(oftenexpertsin relevant fields such as human factors or cognitive engineering)evaluate the degree to which an interface design complies withrecognizedusabilityprinciples(the“heuristics”). ○ human-computerinteraction ■ How people use and interact with computers; the study of howpeopleusecomputersandsoftwareapplicationsandthewaysthatc omputersinfluencepeople. ○ Humanfactors ■ Recognizing the limitations of human performance and developingproductstoovercometheselimitations. ○ Humantechinteraction ■ Howusersinteractwithtechnology.Thestudyofthatinteraction. ○ Mapping ■ Howenvironmentalfacts(e.g.,theorderoflightswitchesorvaria bles in a physiologic monitoring display) are accuratelydepictedbytheinformationpresentation. ○ Situationalawareness ■ Theabilitytodetect,integrate,andunderstandcriticalinformationthatl eadstoanoverallunderstandingofaproblemorsituation. ○ Taskanalysis
● (3)theuseofcertifiedEHRtechnologytosubmitclinicalqualit yandothermeasures. ○ Thecriteriaformeaningfulusewillbestagedinthreesteps . ■ Stage1(2011– 2012)setthebaselineforelectronic data capture and informationsharing. ■ Stage2(2013) ■ Stage3(expectedtobeimplementedin2015)will continue to expand on this baseline and bedevelopedthroughfuturerulemaking.
● Chapter ○ Healthinformationexchange(HIE) ■ Datatranslatedintoactionableinformationwithextensivedataman agement and reporting capability on which providers canmanageandimprovecare ○ MedicareAccessandCHIPReauthorizationAct(MACRA) ■ there is significant emphasis on expanding the requirement tocapture more structured data, better quality reporting, and bettercapacitytoexchangedatausingHIEswithinandacrossstatesandr egions ○ Merit-BasedIncentivePaymentSystem(MIPS) ■ withafocusoninteroperability ○ NationalStrategyforQuality ■ ImprovementinHealthCare,severallegislativecomponentshavebeen implemented. ○ PatientProtectionandAffordableCareAct(ACA) ■ focused on providing all Americans with access to quality andaffordablehealthcare ○ ThethirdcontentdomainoftheNEHIframework:goaltoimprovepatientoutco mes ■ Patientsafety ■ Populationhealth ■ Quality ● Chapter ○ Agile ■ Agile development is a technique that is a programmer- driventechniquethatcreatesafeedbackloopwiththeendusers.This
techniqueisbasedprimarilyonverbalcommunicationwiththeendusera nddoesnotrelyondocumentationstrategies ○ Alphatesting ■ testingisdoneusingtestdataor“made-up”data. ○ betatesting ■ getsastepclosertoproductionwithasampleof“real”datatotesthowthes ystemfunctionsandlooksforanyerrorsthatmightarise. ○ big-bangimplementation ■ allunitsorhospitalsinasystemgoliveatonce ○ commandcenter ■ A24-hourresourcecenteronsiteforthefirst3daysofeachrollout. ○ commercialoff-the-shelfproducts ■ require customization. Customization must be done in-house by adesignteam,orthedesignteamiscontractedthroughthevendoror a service provider company. This design work requires closealignmentwithend-userrequirements. ○ coreimplementationteam ■ Theteamisonsitethefirst24hoursandavailablebycellorpagerfor2week sthereafter. ○ cost–benefitanalysis ■ Isthecostworththebenefit ○ Evaluation ■ Evaluatinghowwelltheproductisworking ○ Implementation ■ Puttingtheproductintoeffect ○ integrationtesting ■ oneormoremodulesorcomponentsworktogether(integrate)andfunct ionasdesigned. ○ projectmanagement ■ is anessentialtoolofthedesignphaseoftheSDLCbecauseitisrequiredtoke epimplementationanddevelopmentprojectsontime,inscope,andwithi nbudget. ○ rapidapplicationdevelopment ■ RADdeployssoftwaretoolsandanalysisanddesignstrategiestospeed up development. The goal is to get systems rapidly into thehands of the end user to test and refine the product to meet theend- userrequirements ○ requestforinformation ■ isashorter,lessdetailedrequestthatsurveyswhattypeofprodu ctsmightfittheenduser’sneeds, ○ requestforproposal(RFP)
initiativestoimprovequality,patientsafety,populationhealth,andcare coordination ○ CommunityHealthInformationNetworks(CHINs) ■ Commercially driven endeavors with intents that were similar tothose of our current HIEs. They focused on exchanging data acrossa community; however, these initiatives lacked payer andcommunity stakeholders. CHINs were primarily transaction- basedand provider-based data exchanges that did not store data within acentralizedrepository. ○ DataUseandReciprocalAgreement(DURSA) ■ Serves as the main legal framework for eHEX participantscontinuestoensurethatprivacyprotectionsareimporta ntattheeHEXandwithitsparticipants ○ DecentralizedmodelorFederatedmodel ■ An approach maintains the control of the source data at theoriginatingorganization,anddataarecachedandtransmittedtothepr oviderasneededatthepointofcare ○ Healthinformationexchange(HIE) ■ health information follows the patient wherever and whenever theyseekcare,inaprivateandsecuremannersothatteamsofdoctors,nur ses and care managers can provide coordinated, effective, andefficientcare ○ Interoperability ■ theabilityofcomputersystemsorsoftwaretoexchangeandmakeuseofinforma tion ○ Masterpatientindex ■ Identify unique patients within a delivery system maintainingdisparate information systems or across institutions within regions.AnMPIisanimportantelementforeffectivemanagementofpatie ntcareacrossinstitutions ○ RegionalHealthInformation Organizations (RHIOs) ■ Werethenextconcepttoariseandwererelatedtotheexchangeofregiona l data. RHIOs were defined as “neutral, third-partyorganizations that facilitate information exchange betweenproviders within a geographical area to achieve a more effectiveandefficienthealthcare
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● Chapter ○ Blogs ■ Interactive,onlineweblogs.Typicallyacombinationofwhatishap pening on the Web as well as what is happening in theblogger’sorcreator’slife. ○ Digitaldivide ■ Thegapbetweenthosewhohaveandthosewhodonothaveaccesst oonlineinformation. ○ Domainname ■ AseriesofalphanumericcharactersthatformspartoftheInternetaddre ssorURL ○ E-brochure ■ Electronicbrochure.Patienteducationmaterialthatistypicallytiedto an agency website and may include such information asdescriptions of diseases and their management, medicationinformation,orwheretogetassistancewithahealthcareissu e. ○ E-health ■ Healthcareinitiativesandpracticesupportedbyelectronicordigitalmedi a. The most typical use is for patient and family educationwhereinformationiscommunicatedelectronically. ○ eHealthInitiative ■ Initiativedevelopedtoaddressthegrowingneedformanaginghealt hinformationandtopromotetechnology ○ Empowerment ■ Promotionofself- actualization;achievementofpowerorcontroloverone’sownlife. ○ Graygap ■ Atermusedtoreflecttheagedisparitiesincomputerconnectivity;there are fewer persons older than age 65 who use computertechnologythanmembersofyoungeragegroups. ○ HONcode ■ Oneofthetwomostcommonsymbolsthatpoweruserslookfortoidentify trustedhealthsites. ○ Interactivetechnologies ■ Technologiesthatpromoteorsupportusercommunicationwithoth erpersons ○ Know–dogap ■ Situation that exists because solutions to global health problemsareavailablebutarenotimplementedinatimelyfashionbeca useofthelackofaccesstoimportanthealthinformation. ○ Staticmedium