Title: Nursing informatics: The EHR and beyond - American Nurse
Headings: Nursing informatics: The EHR and beyond
Nursing informatics: The EHR and beyond
Informatics nurses increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance patients’ lives.
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Healthcare impact
Specialty insight
Clinical experience
Training and education
Roles and responsibilities
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The future of informatics nursing
Tanna L. Nelson is a nursing informatics specialist at Texas Health Resources Dallas-Fort Worth and 2018 American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) Chapter President. Cheryl D. Parker is a clinical assistant professor and educational technology specialist at the University of Texas at Tyler School of Nursing and 2019 president-elect of the ANIA National Board of Directors.
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Content: The tools saved nurses about 30 minutes when inputting information and making referrals to STA, which provided them with time to provide better patient care and support. Nursing informatics is broad, accommodates a diverse array of nursing strengths and interests, and impacts virtually every aspect of healthcare where technology integrates with clinical practice, no matter the setting. Nurses who choose informatics as a career expand their reach beyond direct patient care, but they still experience the rewards of helping people and advocating for their profession. Background
The adoption of EHRs in 2004, under President George W. Bush’s strategy and funding to improve patient safety, spurred significant growth in informatics nursing. In 2009, President Barack Obama further advanced the use of EHRs through Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs that reward hospitals and providers who demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs. As a result, implementations escalated across the nation, and informatics nurses have since been on the frontlines of EHR application and optimization to improve patient care and enhance clinician experience. Since the adoption of EHRs, healthcare technology continues to advance, and informatics nurses’ roles are evolving quickly. Organizations are moving past implementation-related strategies to focus on trimming documentation burdens, streamlining processes for high reliability, and identifying the EHRs’ true value by generating new knowledge and improving care through evidence-based practice. Healthcare impact
Informatics nurses embrace the use of data generated from EHRs to support knowledge and wisdom development. Before digitization, data were extracted manually, an expensive and time-consuming process.