New technology—and the application of existing technology—only appears in healthcare settings after careful and significant research. The stakes are high, and new clinical systems need to offer evidence of positive impact on outcomes or efficiencies. Nurse informaticists and healthcare leaders formulate clinical system strategies. As these strategies are often based on technology trends, informaticists and…

Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Informatics Tools and Technologies [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.     Learning Objectives Students will: Evaluate healthcare technology trends for data and information in nursing practice and healthcare delivery Analyze challenges and risks inherent in healthcare technology Analyze healthcare technology benefits and risks for data safety, legislation, and patient care Evaluate healthcare technology…

When you wake in the morning, you may reach for your cell phone to reply to a few text or email messages that you missed overnight. On your drive to work, you may stop to refuel your car. Upon your arrival, you might swipe a key card at the door to gain entrance to the…

Learning Objectives Students will: Analyze benefits, challenges, and risks of using big data in clinical systems Recommend strategies to mitigate challenges and risks of using big data in clinical systems   Due By Assignment Week 5, Days 1–2 Read/Watch/Listen to the Learning Resources.Compose your initial Discussion post. Week 5, Day 3 Post your initial Discussion…

In the Discussion for this module, you considered the interaction of nurse informaticists with other specialists to ensure successful care. How is that success determined? Patient outcomes and the fulfillment of care goals is one of the major ways that healthcare success is measured. Measuring patient outcomes results in the generation of data that can…

Nature offers many examples of specialization and collaboration. Ant colonies and bee hives are but two examples of nature’s sophisticated organizations. Each thrives because their members specialize by tasks, divide labor, and collaborate to ensure food, safety, and general well-being of the colony or hive. Of course, humans don’t fare too badly in this regard…

Learning Objectives Students will: Analyze interactions between nurse informaticists, data/technology specialists, and other professionals in healthcare organizations Recommend strategies to improve interactions between nurse informaticists and other professionals Analyze how nursing informatics as a specialty and new technologies impact interactions between nurse informaticists and members of healthcare teams Recommend nursing informatics projects to improve outcomes…

The term “knowledge worker” was first coined by management consultant and author Peter Drucker in his book, The Landmarks of Tomorrow (1959). Drucker defined knowledge workers as high-level workers who apply theoretical and analytical knowledge, acquired through formal training, to develop products and services. Does this sound familiar? Nurses are very much knowledge workers. What has changed…

Module 1: What Is Informatics? (Weeks 1-2) Learning Objectives Students will: Analyze how data collection and access can be used to derive knowledge in a healthcare setting Analyze the role of the nurse leader in using clinical reasoning and judgement in the formation of knowledge Explain the role of the nurse as a knowledge worker…

In the modern era, there are few professions that do not to some extent rely on data. Stockbrokers rely on market data to advise clients on financial matters. Meteorologists rely on weather data to forecast weather conditions, while realtors rely on data to advise on the purchase and sale of property. In these and other…