Information technologies have entered virtually every dimension of people’s practice. Health care and nursing settings are not exceptions to this process. With the help of information systems, a considerable number of professional outcomes in various spheres can be enhanced, including interprofessional collaboration, strategic planning, and patient care settings (McGonigle, Hunter, Sipes, & Hebda, 2014). The most significant result of nurses’ and healthcare professionals’ knowledge of information systems is the increased rate of patient outcomes and patient satisfaction.
Understanding the basics of how information systems are selected and implemented is one of the major issues of the present-day healthcare environment. Nursing informatics plays a significant role in all areas of practice. In clinical settings, nurses can use informatics to look for relevant data trends, monitor patient outcomes, and evaluate interventions (McGonigle et al., 2014). Moreover, information technologies enable nurses to develop and use applications for virtual monitoring and communication with patients. In education settings, healthcare professionals employ informatics knowledge to engage in virtual learning, which involves both sharing study materials and evaluating results (McGonigle et al., 2014). Also, informatics promotes the development of nursing research and evidence-based practice.
The quality of patient care benefits from the use of information. To make the adoption of new data simpler, two components are needed: healthcare workers’ informatics competence and an efficient computer system (Lin, Hsu, & Yang, 2014). The most contemporary initiative in healthcare technology is big data mining (Brennan & Bakken, 2015). Big data incorporates a massive amount of information referring to science and patient experiences. With its help, nurses can predict health outcomes and find the most effective solutions to their patient’s health problems (Brennan & Bakken, 2015). Therefore, it is crucial for healthcare specialists to understand the basics of information systems.
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Lin, H.-C., Hsu, M.-H., & Yang, C.-W. (2014). The influences of computer system success and informatics competencies on organizational impact in nursing environments. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 32(2), 90-99.
McGonigle, D., Hunter, K., Sipes, C., & Hebda, T. (2014). Why nurses need to understand nursing informatics. AORN Journal, 100(3), 324-327.