Research Applications
Fig. 13.1 Steps in developing a search strategy for clinical research Refining your Search Strategy In the early stages of any research process, the search strategy is an essential aspect…
Health Informatics Standards
Fig. 7.1 Relationship between evidence based and consensus practice standards, HI practice standards and HI specialist standards In this chapter, the nature of standards in health informatics is explained and…
Health Information Exchange: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)
Health Document Persistent Complete Ownership Legally authenticated Health Message Transient Context may be implied In flight Authenticity implied by context IHE Document Sharing supports documents containing any type of clinical…
Case Study 3: Nursing Informatics – Highlights from Wales
Fig. 17.1 NHS Wales Local Health Boards. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2014 (Reproduced with permission) The Welsh Government’s Departments are headed by senior civil…
Nursing Education
Fig. 20.1 Humanistic information model Each cogwheel has a core function and yet, each cogwheel cannot act independently of the ones to which it is attached. To start with the…
The Role of the Informatics Nurse
Goals and Objectives The focus of IMIA-NI is to foster collaboration among nurses and others who are interested in Nursing Informatics to facilitate development in the field. We aim to…
Case Studies Introduction: Transformational Research
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Kathryn J. Hannah, Pamela Hussey, Margaret A. Kennedy and Marion J. Ball (eds.)Introduction to Nursing InformaticsHealth Informatics10.1007/978-1-4471-2999-8_14 14. Case Studies Introduction: Transformational Research Pamela Hussey1 and Fintan Sheerin2 (1) School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin…
Data Privacy and Security
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Kathryn J. Hannah, Pamela Hussey, Margaret A. Kennedy and Marion J. Ball (eds.)Introduction to Nursing InformaticsHealth Informatics10.1007/978-1-4471-2999-8_11 11. Data Privacy and Security Ross Fraser1 (1) Sextant Corporation, Toronto, ON, Canada Ross Fraser Email: Ross.Fraser@sextantsoftware.com…
Administration Applications
Fig. 10.1 CARE graphic 3: administration Administrative uses of information systems can be classified in two ways: those that provide managers with information for decision making and those that help…
The Hospice Nurse as a Member of the Interdisciplinary Team
4 The Hospice Nurse as a Member of the Interdisciplinary Team Hospice care is a holistic approach to the care of terminally ill patients and their families. Patients who are…
