Week 1 Introduction & Discussion: Informatics and Patient Safety

This discussion forum will help you get to know your instructor and fellow students.

Step 1

Post the following to the discussion board:

• Your name
• Brief background (for example, why did you decide to become a nurse?)
• Your current understanding of health informatics
• What you hope to gain from this course

Step 2

Respond to the following question:

• Based on your experience or understanding, describe two examples of patient safety improvement through the use of health care informatics. Specifically, how did/does health care Informatics improve patient safety in each example?