Title: Nursing informatics: The EHR and beyond - American Nurse
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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
Where can you work?
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Networking and membership
Build a network
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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Nursing informatics: The EHR and beyond
March 12, 2019
Author (s): Tanna L. Nelson, MSN, RN-BC, CPHIMS, and Cheryl D. Parker, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, FHIMSS
Informatics nurses increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance patients’ lives. Takeaways: Informatics nurses expand their reach beyond direct patient care but still experience the rewards of helping people and the profession. Informatics nurses use the electronic health record to support knowledge and wisdom development. Informatics nurses work in a variety of settings, including transitional and subacute care, clinics, consulting and staffing firms, and state and national government agencies.