Health informatics

Health informatics

1. SEMINAR ON HEALTH INFORMATICS PRESENTED BY- PINKI BARMAN 1 st YEAR M.SC NURSING AIN, GUWAHATI

2. INTRODUCTION Health informatics has become one of the new buzz-words in health care. In their daily work health care professionals are confronted with a growing number of computers and computer application. Health informatics and information technology provide tools for the acquisition, preparation, distribution of medical data and knowledge.

3. Difinition Health informatics: it is an umbrella term referring to the application of the methodologies and techniques of information science, computing, networking and communications to support health and health related disciplines such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy and dentistry -WHO

4. Goals and objective of health informatics To provide solutions for problems related to data, information and knowledge processing. To study general principles of processing data, information and knowledge in medicine and health care. To provide structures for pooling, communicating and applying clinical evidence.

5. Element of health informatics

6. Who involve in health informatics Clinical personnel Nonclinical personnel Health care administrator Health educator IT professionals Insurance company Policy maker

7. Health information application Imaging system in health Tele health Tele nursing Mobile health E health

8. Health information system It is define as a mechanism for collection, processing, analysis and transmission required for organising and operating health services and also for research and training.

9. Sources of health information system Censes Sample registration system Hospital records Disease registers Record linkage Environmental health data Notification of disease.

10. Characteristics of health information system Understandable Relevant Complete Available Reliable Concise Timely

11. Uses of health information system To measure the health status of the people and to quantify their health problems and medical and health care needs. For local, national and international comparisons of health status. For planning, administration and effective management of health services and programs. For assessing the attitudes and degree of satisfaction of beneficiaries with the health system. For research into particular problem of health and disease.

12. Nursing informatics science and practice that integrates nursing, its information and knowledge, with management of information and communication technologies to promote the health of people, families, and communities worldwide. -ANA 2009

13. Element of nursing informatics

14. Purposes of nursing informatics Nursing Education : Through nursing informatics, nursing students can retrieve literature. Computers have significantly present huge amounts of data and catalogues which can search systematically. Computer- Assisted Learning : Nursing students can enjoy learning the basic nursing care through software programs. Distance Learning: Through nursing informatics, online degrees in nursing and continued professional education have been a trend

15. Documentation of Client Status and medical records Nursing informatics can make the impossible organization of huge records possible. Care to patients :Nursing informatics has a numerous positive outcomes in delivering care to patients.

16. Advantages of nursing informatics Nurse Informaticists promote and facilitate access to resources and references. Support for their mission to deliver high quality, evidence-based care Support for better service by facilitating true interdisciplinary care Improvement in key relationships with Providers and care recipient Enable cost savings and productivity goals Facilitate change management Enhance continuity of care

17. Related research study Title : Knowledge and Use of Nursing Informatics among Nurses in a University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria Journal : International Journal of Health Sciences and Research. Date of publication: 12 December 2020 Author : I.Y. Ademuyiwa , S. O. Faleke , E. Otetubi Abstract Objectives: To assess the level of knowledge and use of nursing informatics amongst nurses in Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba , Lagos.

18. Materials and Methods: Cross- sectional descriptive research design was adopted for this study. Multi stage sampling technique was adopted to achieve the sample size of 162. Self-administered questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents and analysis was done using (SPSS) version 22. Result: The mean age of the respondent is 35±0.48.The overall knowledge of nursing Informatics among respondents was high121.5(75%) had good knowledge of nursing informatics and the overall use of nursing informatics was good 157(99.4%). There was no statistically significant relationship between knowledge and the use of nursing informatics among the respondents p >0.05.

19. Summary and conclusion