How the Continued Evolution of NI as a Specialty and/or the Continued Emergence of New Technologies Might Impact Professional Interactions

How the Continued Evolution of NI as a Specialty and/or the Continued Emergence of New Technologies Might Impact Professional Interactions

The role of nurse informatics specialists is evolving from simply helping IT to design EHRs to where they are now becoming an integral part of healthcare delivery to supports safe, high quality, patient-centric care.  Consider how much technology is now at the point-of-care.  From physiologic monitoring and “smart” IV pumps to barcoded medication administration, technology is everywhere (“Nursing Informatics: The Intersection of Technology and Clinical Practice,” 2018).  Examples of how technology has improved healthcare is using texting to doctors, IPAD for video language interpreter, telemonitoring patients for high fall risk, video assessment by MD for distressed patients, and patient can access their own chart from home by computer, etc. Nursing informatics has significantly impacted nursing by improving education, increasing and simplifying communications, protecting themselves, increasing their efficiency and, most importantly, saving lives (Quinn, 2017).

References

Collins, S., Yen, P., Phillips, A., & Kennedy, M. K. (2017).  Nursing informatics competency assessment for the nurse leader.  The Journal of Nursing Administration, 47(4), 212 – 218.  https://www.njha.com/media/529397/NICANLDelphiStudy.pdf