nch word informatiquethat means “computer milieu”

nformation.

or facts that are gathered according to some perceived need

ve bee examined for patterns and structures which can be inte

tted
and information science in ALL basic and applied biomedical

eral public.

science in nursing. It promotes generation, management and pr

computer science and information science to manage ad commun

nowledge and wisdom to support patients, nurses and other prov

on technology .
on derived from several sources to produce a single concept o

sed appropriately to manage and solve problems (ANA, 2007).

uation in the move along the continuum data to information to
by ANA in 1992

n the area of informatics. This individual has experience or a

o information and information into knowledge

appropriate times for appropriate uses in the healthcare con
advanced, graduate education* in nursing informatics or a rela
cs

t and in the design and testing of information systems and th

sign and use of informatics to serve other health care profes
Practice
to remind staff of planned nursing interventions
nerated client documentation including discharge instructions
devices that record vital signs and other measurements direc
nerated nursing care plans and critical pathways
billing for supplies or procedures with nursing documentatio
and prompts that appear during documentation to ensure compre
qNursing Practice
•Quick access to computer-archived patient data from previ
•Online drug information

qNursing Administration
•Automated staff scheduling
•Online bidding for unfilled shifts
•E-mail for improved communication
•Cost analysis and finding trends for budget purposes
•Quality assurance and outcomes analysis
•Patient tracking and placement for case management.
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qNursing Education
•Online completion of mandatory education requiremen
•Online course registration and scheduling
•Computerized student tracking, testing and grade ma
•Course delivery and support for web-based education
•Remote access to library and internet resources
•Teleconferencing and webcast capability
•Presentation software for preparing slides and hand
•Online test administration
•Communication with students
g Research
ized literature searching
tion of standardized language related to nursing terms
programs are available for processing both quantitative and
ity to find trends in aggregate data, which is data derived fr
he internet for obtaining data collection tools and conductin
ation with other nurse researchers.
ards of Nursing Informatics Practice (ANA, 2007)

ng the ability to use basic desktop applications and electron

t clinical and administrative processes, which presumes inform
perform documentation via computerized pt. records.
y initiatives via the use of IT.
rmatics in Nsg.
Informatics Practice (ANA, 2007)

n and the use of IT and computers to support that area of pra

ence-based practice (EBP)
h NIS to enact system improvement

ogy in healthcare.
e and Standards of Nursing Informatics Practice (ANA, 2007)

informatics applications to support ALL areas of nursing prac

disciplinary standards of practice

hinking, data management and processing, decision making, and s
rovision of data for decision making.

nd administration
0s.

ry grew

empted to adapt computers to health care and nursing

es and services were expanding in scope and complexity and th

used in health care facilities for basic business office func

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room, weighed 30
than 18,000 vacuum tubes. 174,000
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communication and real-time processing.
ing and accounting system) while only few document and process
enter the health care field and market software applications
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igning and developing nursing applications for the HISs and o
inancial and management fxns of patient care systems were per
agencies developed/contracted their own computer-based MIS’s.
s provided statistical infor req’d by local/state/fed. agencie
ies provided billing / financial info req’d for reimbursement
0s.
th informatics emerged
for nursing software evolved.
mainframe HIS’s with nursing subsystems emerged documenting n
harge planning systems were developed
ocomputers emerged.

IBM PC 1981
RAM – 16-256Kb
Disk – 2 x 1Mb floppy disk
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y became an integral part of health care settings
slation were adopted promoting computer technology in healthc
oved by ANA as a new nursing specialty
protocols
equired use of innovative technologies for all levels and typ
used in all point-of-care settings.
WAN in health care settings
ail, FTP, WWW protocol
 00.
point-of-care
rce solutions
information systems became Individualized in the EPR
echnology
application of internet
ysicians use Internet to access health information.
ctors search more than once per day -- including 65% of primary care phys
d impact of legislation on the U.S. health care industry.
s to 1995

of word processors to store patient Information

of Epi-Info by the Department of Health epidemiologists

blishment of the Philippine Association of Medical Informatic

esentation of the Philippines in the Asia Pacific Association

te 1990s

ncorporation of the Philippine Medical Informatics Society (PM

stablishment of the Medical Informatics Unit (MIU) under the U

stablishment of the UP Manila – National Telehealth Center (U

 PMIS

incorporated in 1996

promote the use of information technology in medicine

resentative of the Philippines in the APAMI and International

e use of Open Source in development of health applications

 PMIS

cal informatics experts

iographic databases, handheld devices, electronic health recor

Informatics (NCHI)
 MIU

97 by Dean Amelia Fernandez of UP Manila College of Medicine

use of information technology to support the vision and miss

Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS)

e Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) in 2004.

 UPM - NThC

 Created by the UP Board of Regents in 1998

 Mandate: improve the health of Filipinos

(especially the under-served) using information and communica

 Forerunner of eHealth and Telemedicine in the Philippines

 Center of Excellence for Free and/or Open

Source Software in ASEAN +3 (International
Open Source Network ASEAN +3)
e professionals.
nted by nurses using automated systems since multidisciplinar
urses such as presence of allergies.
ders notify the clinician of possible concerns or omissions.
munication and increase profitability, such as in inventory co