Lynda R Hardy

Fast Facts in Health Informatics for Nurses (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780826142269
• Artikelnr.: 60201607

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Foreword Bonnie L. Westra, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI
Preface
1. Informatics and Why It Matters
Lynda R. Hardy and Ann Deerhake
2. Informatics Frameworks and Competencies: What a Nurse Needs to Know
Carolyn Sipes and Lynda R. Hardy
3. The Power of Data
Rebecca Freeman and Helen Hill
4. Technology and Informatics
Tami H. Wyatt and Xueping Li
5. Getting Familiar With the Architecture: Computing Systems, Networks, and
Data Security
Lisa M. Blair
6. The Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, and Personal
Health Record
Angela Wilson-VanMeter and Laurel Courtney
7. Decision Support in the Age of Precision Health
Lisa M. Blair
8. Informatics and the Floor Nurse
Laurel Courtney and Judith Moore
9. Digital Health: mHealth, Telehealth, and Wearables
Rebecca S. Koszalinski, Marjorie M. Kelley, and Tara R. O'Brien
10. Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
Carolyn Sipes and Lynda R. Hardy
11. The User Experience
Paula Smailes and Marjorie M. Kelley
Index