Title: The Role of Nursing Informatics | TigerConnect
Headings: How Nursing Informatics Improves Patient Care
How Nursing Informatics Improves Patient Care
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Content: As the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society says, “The informatics nurse is part of the delivery of care, the building of knowledge, skills, and experience in the use of information technology. They often lead clinical informatics committee meetings that have a major influence for nurses in assisting them to coordinate all the multifaceted technology activities in regards to patient care, documentation, and safety.” Let’s dig into exactly how nursing informatics achieves that. Aligning Nursing Best Practice with Clinical Workflows and Care
Nursing informatics is focussed on the best ways to achieve good patient outcomes — it is about applying the overall process and best practice to maximize patient care wherever possible. As a result, nurse informaticists are often involved in process design, clinical workflow reviews, and new diagnostics and treatment plans. They take into account the various options for providing care and use objective facts and analysis to determine the actions that will lead to the most patient-centered, value-based care. Improving Clinical Policies, Protocols, Processes, and Procedures
Data is the lifeblood of nursing informatics. That data and information can be used to measure the success of the various protocols, processes, and procedures used in a healthcare organization. A nurse informaticist will measure and analyze how specific parts of the organization are performing, with a focus on the resulting patient outcomes. They can then make changes to specific parts of the process to streamline activities, avoid bottlenecks, and improve care.