Nurse Informatics Specialist

Over the past decade, virtually every major industry invested heavily in computerization. The heath care industry was no exception to the rise in the use of technology. These technologies are starting to allow health care practitioners to offer faster, and more efficient patient care than ever before. No doubt this is the right direction we expect health care to follow.

Article was written by people with extensive experience in health care, pediatrics, and public health. Jessica Anker, Lisa Kern, Erica Abramson, and Rainu Kaushal, all of them are members of Weil corner Medical College and Health Information Technology Evaluation Collaborative. The intended audience is members of health care system, health care providers, and professionals that are involved in patient care. This article discusses how health information technology (HIT) together with organizational structure and clinician involvement can improve care and safety of our patients. I think that this article is important for nursing practice, because it shows that HIT alone cannot improve quality care, but together with work of clinicians and communication

Many job titles or description can be associated with the position of an informatics nurse specialist (INS). According to Sweeney (2010), there is no single job description for an individual with a graduate level of education in the informatics field. Furthermore, the author stated that job titles and/or description of an INS varies with each employing organization. However, expected activities should include responsibilities such as administration, project management, software development, analysis, designing and implementing educational programs, consulting, program evaluation and research, and management and leadership (Sweeney, 2010). This implies that an INS should have the skills and knowledge to meaningfully use current technologies to convey and coordinate care across various settings. The purpose of this paper is to summarize three job descriptions, analyze these job descriptions, and make recommendations for improving one of the summarized job description to meet current employer recruitment strategies.

The technology implemented by medical organizations is helping to facilitate collaboration and, in turn, continuity of care. In the modern health care setting, nurses play a pivotal role in serving as a liaison between the many disciplines required to deliver services to consumers. While initial technology investment can cost health care organizations considerably, health information technology (HIT) facilities consumer education, promotes coordinated care, and streamlines treatment processes.

The nursing informatics specialty practice brings together nursing science, computer science, and information science to efficiently help the nurse communicate data and information to other nurses, and to the  health care team. The interdisciplinary interaction and communication helps  provide a safe and excellent healthcare environment  for the patient allowing them to focus on getting better.

Imagine being at an office, writing and fixing files for patients. If that sounds ideal, an Informatics Nurse Specialist is just the job. There are many ways that they help out patients and doctors especially. This is the job of an Informatics Nurse Specialist. An Informatics Nurse Specialist's job is to "apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. [He] May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system" ("Summary Report for: 15-1121.01 - Informatics Nurse Specialists - O*NET OnLine). To consider becoming an Informatics Nurse Specialist, people should focus on education, skills, and compensation.

The Epic system eclipse our previous documenting systems abilities. Epic has afforded nurses with the ability to chart assessments, patient education, care plans as well as connect all caregivers with the most current information, changing patient care. The system also has a built-in electronic system to document past and present medications and medication schedules. Radiology images, diagnostic results, lab work, and past medical history are all instantly accessible with this technology. Epic is a vital tool that requires advanced training. E-learning modules were assigned to all health care professionals when Epic was first introduced. I strive to increase my proficiency with these technologies, confident they with further my overall nursing

Information technology in health care has a vast potential, but is currently years away from being proficient. If everyone in the health care and IT departments had the right intentions and were able to use these programs to better patient outcomes, there would not be this lack of technology in hospitals. Health care is one of the biggest industries in the world, yet we cannot create a better way to deliver and receive information using technology. In my honest opinion, I believe that if the health care system does not overcome these simple dilemmas then there will never be an advance in IT within the

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is disseminating that health information technology facilitates significant advancements in healthcare quality and safety compared to paper records. However, health information technology can only achieve its fullest potential if risks linked with its use are recognized, if there is a coordinated effort to mitigate those risks, and if it is use to make care safer. (p. 1)

The first job I have selected is an informatics nurse specialist. This job is in Job Zone 4. To become an informatics nurse specialist you usually need either a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree. You will also need to have background experience with things related to what you will be doing. You need to have knowledge on customer service, management, computers and electronics, design, and teaching and course design. For any job there are specific skills you need to have. For an informatics nurse specialist you need to be able to identify and solve problems, think of the pros and cons of different options, asking good questions, and listen to

Applying health information technology (HIT) can lead to further issues many organizations are not adequately prepared for. Although HIT is unquestionably the answer to deliver safe, efficient, and low-cost quality care, organizational leaders and providers are ill-equipped to fund and support advances in technology needed to fully perform its job. Additionally, even providers need to redefine their roles as they discover the impact of these technological changes in their practices. Since the only option is to move forward with advancing technology, health team providers should might as well be experts in health informatics to be able to direct the HIT’s course to meeting health care goals

This anecdote is given to illustrate one example of how technology has altered the healthcare landscape. Yet it continues to shape, and be molded itself, by public policy. This paper will briefly discuss the growth in health information technology and attempt to provide an examination of its current and future implications for

In our information and technological superiority era where the power of the Internet superlatives expands, I wanted to discover the valid impact of ICT in Healthcare sector. Which are the main factors involving in the development of information and communication technologies in a healthcare environment? What is the interaction between healthcare professionals, information and communication technology and the patients who are, in any case, the final recipients-costumers? It is well known that ICT development beneficial effects on health care organizations, but in which way that is achieved? What are the technological instruments where are available nowadays, and associated with improvements in health care fields, and how physicians and health-care workers benefit by them? Having all these questions swirling through my mind daily, I did my research discovering the desirable answers. There are many articles on the web explaining briefly the meaning of ICT in healthcare environment and its impact. Among many articles that I have read in recent days, there is one that I choose which despite its shortcomings, authors try to deliver all the necessary information, and in a critical disposal, citing both positive and negative aspects of each technological achievement involved in the development and improvement of the healthcare sector in the last decade.

This article explains the importance of adopting the Information Technology in healthcare industry. This article also discusses about the transformations that information technology can bring to the healthcare industry and potential cost effectiveness and safety benefits. I selected this article as information technology is very important in healthcare

The adoption of information technology in healthcare has dramatically improved patient care, and the practice of medicine in its entirety. Health information technology (HIT or Health IT) has created, among other things, free flow and improved communication amongst all healthcare workers and providers, patients and the community as a whole. HIT has also availed the healthcare sector better and easier access to information. So many people have placed their hopes on health information technology. The hospitals have high hopes for HIT in helping them to reduce human errors on their medical reports. Health care providers need improved care, so they place their hopes on HIT to help in having access and sharing patient information without the stress. The government and those in healthcare for business purposes also have high hopes for HIT; to help improve efficiency and at the same time save money and make more profits. With all the hype and rave of HIT, some health care providers are still on the fence in fully embracing the use of these technologies. This is primarily because, for some small group practices, the high implementation cost is a deterrent factor.