Title: How Nursing Informatics Can Improve Healthcare
Headings: How Nursing Informatics Can Improve Healthcare
How Nursing Informatics Can Improve Healthcare
What is the purpose of nursing informatics?
Improved Processes & Workflows
Streamlined Documentation & Communication
Lowered Healthcare Costs

Content: There has never been a greater need for nursing leadership skilled in data collection, analysis, and interpretation to lessen the strain on nurses and hospital staff. Streamlined Documentation & Communication
While many healthcare organizations are faced with a flood of data, streamlining the information and making it easily accessible can be challenging. One of the primary roles of Nurse Informaticists is to identify, test, and implement digital management systems as well as to improve existing systems. By taking advantage of data-sharing technology, documentation can be standardized and redundant documents can be eliminated, enhancing interdepartmental and cross-organizational communication. Modern integrated databases also provide quick and easy access to a wide range of patient information, including medical history, treatment plans, lab and test results, imaging, and team notes. This allows doctors, nurses, and hospital staff to make more accurate and informed decisions faster—delivering a higher level of patient-centered care. A few of the standard healthcare technologies used in nurse informatics to improve the documentation and communication process include the following: Electronic Health Records (EHR)
EHRs are real-time, digital patient records that can be instantly and securely shared across different healthcare settings. Because EHR documentation is standardized, communication is seamless between the various healthcare providers and organizations. EHRs help healthcare providers save time with easier chart management and enable them to track all aspects of a patient’s care.