Informatics
The science and art of turning data into information.
Medical informatics
May be used to refer to the application of information
... [Show More] science and technology to acquire, process, organize, interpret, store, use, and communicate medical data in all of its forms in medical education, practice and research, patient care, and health management; the term may also refer more broadly to the application of informatics to all of the healthcare disciplines as well as the practice of medicine.
Health informatics
The application of computer and information science in all basic and applied biomedical sciences to facilitate the acquisition, processing, interpretation, optimal use, and communication of health-related data. The focus is the patient and the process of care, and the goal is to enhance the quality and efficiency of care provided.
Bioinformatics
The application of computer and IT to the management of biological information including the development of databases and algorithms to facilitate research.
Consumer health informatics
Study of patient use of online information and communication to improve health outcomes and decisions.
Dental informatics.
Computer and information sciences to improve dental practice, research, education, and management.
Clinical health informatics.
Multidisciplinary field that focuses on the enhancement of clinical information management at the point of healthcare through improvement of information processes, implementation of clinical information systems, and the use and evaluation of CDS tools as a means to improve the effectiveness, quality, and value of the services rendered.
Public health informatics.
Application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research, and learning.
Nursing informatics
The use of information and computer technology to support all aspects of nursing practice, including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.
Computer literacy
A popular term used to refer to a familiarity with the use of personal computers, including the use of software tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, and e-mail.
Information literacy
The ability to recognize when information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and use needed information effectively
strategic planning
process of determining what an organization wants to be in the future and planning how it will get there.
Life Cycle
process of determining what an organization wants to be in the future and planning how it will get there.
LIfe Cycle First Phase
Needs Assessment
process of determining what an organization wants to be in the future and planning how it will get there.
Life Cycle Second Phase
System Selection
Life Cycle Third Phase
System Implementation
Life Cycle Fourth Phase
Maintenance
Standardized terminologies
Structured, controlled languages developed according to terminology development guidelines and approved by an authoritative body.
Ontology
A set of concepts formally organized by meaning
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)
Classification system that lists medical services and procedures performed by physicians and is used for physician billing and payer reimbursement.
North American Nursing Diagnosis International (NANDA-I)
Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC)
Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
Classification Systems
NANDA - Nursing diagnoses
NIC - Intervention Labels
Noc - Outcome labels
SNOMED-CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms)
ICNP (International Classification of Nursing Practice)
Reference terminology
SNOMED-CT - clinical terminology comprised of codes, concepts, and relationships used in recording and representing clinical information across the scope of healthcare.
ICNP - compositional terminology for nursing practice that facilitates the development of and the cross-mapping among local terms and existing terminologies. Contains nursing phenomena (diagnoses), nursing actions, and nursing outcomes (ICN 2010). ICNP is represented using a seven-axis model.
Data
A collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some perceived need for analysis and possibly action at a later point in time. Examples of data include a client's vital signs. Other examples of data are the length of hospital stay for each client; the client's race, marital status, or employment status; and next of kin.
Information
Data that have been interpreted. For example, individual temperature readings are data. When they are plotted onto a graph, changes in the client's temperature over time and comparison with normal values become evident, thus turning into information.
Knowledge
The synthesis of information derived from several sources to produce a single concept or idea. It is based on a logical process of analysis and provides order to thoughts and ideas and decreases uncertainty
Wisdom
occurs when knowledge is used appropriately to manage and solve problems
Data gatherer
In this role the nurse collects clinical data such as vital signs.
Information user
The nurse interprets and structures clinical data, such as a client's report of experienced pain, into information that can then be used to aid clinical decision making and patient monitoring over time. Quality assurance and infection control activities exemplify other ways in which nurses use information to detect patterns.
Knowledge user
This role is seen when individual patient data are compared with existing nursing knowledge.
Knowledge builder
Nurses display this role when they aggregate clinical data and show patterns across patients that serve to create new knowledge or can be interpreted within the context of existing nursing knowledge.
Knowledge management
Structured process for the generation, storage, distribution, and application of both tacit knowledge (personal experience) and explicit knowledge (evidence).
Healthcare information system (HIS)
Computer hardware and software dedicated to the collection, storage, processing, retrieval, and communication of patient care information in a healthcare organization.
Clinical information systems (CIS)
Large computerized database management systems used to access the patient data that are needed to plan, implement, and evaluate care. May also be known as patient care information systems.
Nursing information system
Information system that supports the use and documentation of nursing processes and provides tools for managing the delivery of nursing care.
Administrative information systems
Systems that support patient care by managing financial and demographic information and providing reporting capabilities.
Electronic medical record (EMR)
Legal record created in hospitals and ambulatory settings of a single encounter or visit that is the source of data for the electronic health record.
Electronic health record (EHR)
Digital version of patient data found in traditional paper records. Increasingly used to refer to a longitudinal record ideally of all healthcare encounters.
Electronic patient record (EPR)
Electronic client record, but not necessarily a lifetime record, that focuses on relevant information for the current episode of care.
How is information related to data?
Information is data that have been interpreted
How does information literacy support the use of evidence-based-practice (EBP) in nursing?
The nurse can discern research findings that can be applied to practice
and
Nurses must frequently consult resources including peers and general internet searches
A nurse documents care of a patient with a decubitus ulcer in the electronic health record.Which term describes the electronic health record in this situation?
Information system
Which statement describes nurses as knowledge workers?
Nurses generate knowledge a [Show Less]