Health Information Analysis

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Health information technology became more prevalent in our daily life as well as in our professional life. Nurses are the largest healthcare care providers, using information technology to assist their daily task such as document patient assessment and education, administer medication, reporting outcome and measurement from database and as an aid in guiding clinical decision. This practice of combining information technology with nursing skills to provide patient care has been known as nursing informatics, which is a “a combination of computer science, information science, nursing science designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data, information, and knowledge to support the practice of nursing and the delivery of nursing care” (Gracie, 2011, p.7). A nurse who is competent in information technology can provide safe, efficient and quality care. …show more content…

The use of information technology in health care has increased with the rise in the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR). EHR is an electronic version of the patient’s paper chart, in which health information can be created, managed and shared between providers. EHR has many benefits which includes, care coordination, improved process, safety, clinical decision support, improved care management and reduced malpractice (Keller, 2016). Therefore, it is imperative for nurses to gain adequate competency in informatics to utilize the benefits of informatics to improve patient care. Information is key to effective decision-making and integral to quality nursing practice. Through this course I have learned nursing informatics and its importance in nursing practice. This new knowledge gained through this course can be utilized in my daily practice to improve patient

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