Health/Nursing Informatics And Technology

Units

Topics

Time (Hrs)

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I

Introduction to computer applications for patient care delivery system and nursing practice

·     Use of computers in teaching, learning, research and nursing practice

·     Windows, MS office: Word,

·     Excel, Power Point

·     Internet

·     Literature search

·     Statistical packages

·     management information system

10

15

II

Principles of Health Informatics

·     Health informatics – needs, objectives and limitations

·     Use of data, information and knowledge for more effective healthcare and better health

4

5

III

Information Systems in Healthcare

·     Introduction to the role and architecture of information systems in modern healthcare environments

·     Clinical Information System (CIS)/Hospital information System (HIS)

3

5

IV

Shared Care & Electronic Health Records

·     Challenges of capturing rich patient histories in a computable form

·     Latest global developments and standards to enable lifelong electronic health records to be integrated from disparate systems.

4

4

V

Patient Safety & Clinical Risk

·     Relationship between patient safety and informatics

·     Function and application of the risk management process

3

VI

Clinical Knowledge & Decision Making

3

6

·     Role of knowledge management in improving decision-making in both the clinical and policy contexts

·     Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine, Clinical Terms, SNOMED CT to ICD-10-CM Map, standardized nursing terminologies (NANDA, NOC), Omaha system.

VII

eHealth: Patients and the Internet

3

·     Use of information and communication technology to improve or enable personal and public healthcare

·     Introduction to public health informatics and role of nurses

VIII

Using Information in Healthcare Management

·     Components of Nursing Information system(NIS)

·     Evaluation, analysis and presentation of healthcare data to inform decisions in the management of health-care organizations

3

5

IX

Information Law & Governance in Clinical Practice

·     Ethical-legal issues pertaining to healthcare information in contemporary clinical practice

·     Ethical-legal issues related to

4

X

Healthcare Quality & Evidence Based Practice

Use of scientific evidence in improving the quality of healthcare and technical and professional informatics standards

3