Assignment: Technology and Informatics

Assignment: Technology and Informatics

Assignment: Technology and Informatics

Week 1 discussion Discussion Prompt 1 Review the major tenets of the HIMSS position paper Transforming Nursing Practice Through Technology and Informatics by clicking on the link here or in the required resources for this week. Contrast it to a healthcare setting familiar to you. Describe your organization’s status in regards to the position paper Discussion Prompt 2 Nursing informatics is dynamic and continues to evolve over time. What information technology (e.g., bar coding, EHR, mobile devices) have you witnessed that positively affected and supported safe patient care? Share specific examples and explain why and how you feel they have supported patient safety.

Technical informatics is a subclass of  that combines general  with technology. Particularly in the field of , it has numerous correlations with the engineering sciences. However, the perspective of technical informatics is not marked by the technical disciplines alone but the focus is rather on giving special emphasis to typical aspects of informatics in order to find more general and universal solutions.

This discipline is usually taught at  up to a master’s degree level.Health informatics (also called Health Information Systems) uses informationtechnology to organize and analyze health records to improve healthcareoutcomes. Health Informatics deals with the resources, devices and methods to utilize acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and medicine.Health informatics makes the necessary coordination possible. The most important way in which informatics is changing health care is in improved outcomes. Electronic medical records result in higher quality care and safer care as coordinated teams provide better diagnoses and decrease the chance for errors.