nursing (health informatics) w12

Informatics Knowledge

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Explain why information and technology skills are essential for safe patient care.

Identify essential information that must be available in a common database to support patient care.

Contrast benefits and limitations of different communication technologies and their impact on safety and quality.

Describe examples of how technology and information management are related to the quality and safety of patient care.

Recognize the time, effort, and skill required for computers, databases and other technologies to become reliable and effective tools for patient care.

Informatics Skills

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Seek education about how information is managed in care settings before providing care.

Apply technology and information management tools to support safe processes of care.

Navigate the electronic health record.

Document and plan patient care in an electronic health record.

Employ communication technologies to coordinate care for patients.

Respond appropriately to clinical decision-making supports and alerts.

Use information management tools to monitor outcomes of care processes.

Use high quality electronic sources of healthcare information.

Informatics Attitudes

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Appreciate the necessity for all health professionals to seek lifelong, continuous learning of information technology skills.

Value technologies that support clinical decision-making, error prevention, and care coordination.

Protect confidentiality of protected health information in electronic health records.

Value nurses’ involvement in design, selection, implementation, and evaluation of information technologies to support patient care.