Informatics Specialty Area and Interoperability Grand Canyon University: HIM-515 Foundations and Concepts of Healthcare Informatics June 20‚ 2012 Informatics Specialty Area and Interoperability As the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) progress nationwide‚ the concepts of interoperability and health information exchange (HIE) must be discussed. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (2005‚ p. 2) define interoperability as “the ability of health information
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lesson‚ Hebda stated that she is “biased‚ but any opportunity to discuss nursing informatics is exciting…” Speaking of this excitement‚ when the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment assignment was given to me in the first week of this course‚ most of the information that was presented for us to complete‚ I end up with a very low score. Also‚ I did say that I was interesting in the Telenursing position. Nursing informatics had opened many avenues to my career pathway‚ but I am more focus on working from
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NURSING INFORMATICS and the Foundation of Knowledge Introduction Nursing informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science‚ computer science‚ and information science to manage and communicate data‚ information‚ knowledge‚ and wisdom in nursing practice (McGonigle‚ 2009). Most hospitals now utilize computer systems to track patient health information. The purpose of this paper is to show how a computerized system can help the health care
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imprisonment‚ Lindy Chamberlain was released from prison due to new evidence of which suggested that she was an innocent woman. The conduct of the legal system throughout this case demonstrated flaws of which led to the false accusation and the arrest of Lindy Chamberlain. Several aspects of the case created difficulties of the management of the case including; the involvement of the media‚ the collection of the evidence‚ the Jury and the presentation of evidence in the court. The Lindy Chamberlain Case began
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Fellow parliament members‚ I stand here today‚ to address the topic of appeasement with Germany. As all of you may know‚ appeasement is something that is of utter importance to me. I personally believe that by all means‚ we should do whatever is necessary in order to prevent war. There are many points that I have to address that will help us to do so. These points will also make it more clear as to why appeasement is the most practical course of action‚ not only for the welfare of our country‚ but
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Joseph Chamberlain can be rightly termed as the father of imperialism. Imperialism was the policy of acting as a nation ’s authority figure or leader‚ and by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations. (http://www.infoplease.com) Joseph Chamberlain promoted British imperialism with full vigor; in his eyes‚ England was destined to control the whole world. Joseph Chamberlain was born in 1836‚ and at the age of 38 was elected as the lord mayor of Birmingham. He pushed for
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Churchill and Neville Chamberlain had been major leaders with different views and beliefs separating them. While Winston Churchill was portrayed as the savior of the nation‚ Neville Chamberlain was totally the opposite. He had been harshly criticized as a failure who easily fell for Hitler’s unjustified actions. However‚ Churchill acknowledges this man with magnanimous respect in his determination for peace and love during the difficult circumstance that he was in. Neville Chamberlain had been well
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“Nursing Informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science‚ computer science‚ and information science to manage and communicate data‚ information‚ knowledge‚ and wisdom in nursing practice” (American Nurses Association‚ 2008). With unprecedented advancements in technology over the decades‚ nursing informatics (NI) plays a crucial role in nursing practice. According to McGonigle and Mastrian (2012)‚ all nurses‚ regardless of the role‚ must rely on informatics and technology to inform and
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The aim that my company is best at accomplishing is Patient-Centeredness. In 20 years of caring for patients‚ I have never seen it done better. The company vision at Hospital Health Center is to go “above and beyond” to care for patients. The company believes that their health care delivery method should exceed patient expectations. There are many levels involved in the patient-centered care as identified by Gertis et al (1993). Each of the identified levels identified by Gertis are bulleted
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Computerized Management Systems Increase in Quality of Care Computerized management systems or electronic medical records can work to increase the quality of care in several ways. One way being that because medical record data is all computerized‚ there is a significant improvement in the legibility and translation of the health information therefore resulting in fewer errors and miscommunications. Other benefits to an electronic medical record is that it aids in increasing accuracy‚ timeliness
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