Electronic medical records (EMRs) are becoming the new normal in medical clinics and hospitals across the United States. Medical practitioners are utilizing this form of patient data recording system that is replacing the traditional paper trail of patient records. The aim is to make patient records available in one system...

This week’s readings focused on definition of nursing science from the perspective of nursing informatics, discussed basic concepts of information technology, and described the process of cognition in nursing informatics (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015). It also focused on the role of nursing informatics in the context of the currently changing...

Computer systems support the development of wisdom in nursing science. From both mandatory and optional readings for this class, I have developed a new vision of nursing informatics. This is the vision that nursing informatics is inseparable from nursing science and that it comprises four major competencies of nurses: data,...

Introduction Because of recent legislation by the United States Government, it is likely that just about all nurses are now involved with informatics. This is because of Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HIPPA and EMR related legal requirements. National standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers...

Legislation related to Health Information Technology (HIT) has a noteworthy impact on many practical aspects of the nursing practice. For instance, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act passed as a law in 2009 has changed the procedures in regard to keeping certified electronic health records...