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Nurse informaticists (NIs) play a pivotal role in addressing health-related social needs through integrating technology into electronic health records. NIs navigate regulatory landscapes, emphasizing screening for social determinants of health during hospital encounters. This article underscores NIs’ strategic contributions to optimizing data collection, supporting health equity, and utilizing innovative technologies to bridge gaps in healthcare outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the importance of integrating information literacy (IL) in nursing education including allowing students to access, assess, and apply research and evidence-based practice (EBP) to clinical decision-making. Also cited are the definition of IL by the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the tools used to improve electronic library database searches like truncation, wildcards, and limiters.

The article discusses the use of big data to improve patient safety, care quality and nursing practice in the U.S. Topics covered include the absence of advanced data technologies in the healthcare industry that are used for data mining, computation and analytic output, databases that can be gathered into a single data platform, and the need for strategic planning to shift to an integrated data environment. The incentivization of health information technology (HIT) is also mentioned.

The article focuses on the application of bar code technology such as electronic health record (EHR) and bar code medication administration (BCMA) by informatics nurses in reducing the medication error. Topics discussed include the issues of patient safety related to the failure on proper medication, personal nursing error related to BCMA coordinator, and the significance of knowledge and education on the role of BCMA coordinator.

The article discusses the use of technology in the nursing workstation of health care facilities in the U.S. which include electronic health records, computers and carts. It highlights the implementation of the new technology under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the health care facilities. It notes that the use of the new technologies help to enhance the relationship between patients and nurses.

The discusses the role of blockchain technology to improve patient and nurse experience. It defines blockchain as digital information stored in a public database and is linked to Bitcoin innovation, a cryptocurrency. It cites ways in which the technology have become beneficial to the nursing profession, including optimizing patient data management and expediting nursing research.

The article focuses on nursing informatics (NI) practice in a traditional hospital setting in the US. It reviews the scope and key concepts of NI practice. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), an Informatics Nurse (IN) is the one who has received an on-the-job training for his or her role. It describes the responsibility of each NI role including chief infomatics officer, project manager and training specialist.

The article offers suggestions for nurses on how to help advance medical device interoperability to improve patient care. Topics mentioned include the importance of partnering with information technology departments on usability issues, and the need to build strategic roadmaps to boost interoperability beyond infrastructure requirements.

The article discusses the importance of nurses working closely with informaticists to optimize electronic health record systems and provides a two-team shared governance model (SGM) as a case study in collaboration. Topics covered include how an SGM works, clinician integration with the informatics department, and investment in nurse informatics education.

The article discusses the electric health records (EHR) role in safety initiatives in the U.S. medical care led by clinical nurses. Topics mentioned include the last rank among the industrialized nations in terms of equity, efficiency, and outcomes, the signing of the Health Infomation Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to accelerate the health information technology (HIT) use, and the identify by American Nurses Association (ANA) on nursing informatics as a specialty.

The article focuses on the impact of nursing informatics on the existing nursing practice in the U.S. Topics discussed include the American Nurses Association's "Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice" updates on nursing roles and standards, the quality of patient care, the informatics professionals recruitment, and the future of nursing practice.

The article discusses the role of the chief nurse informatics officer (CNIO) and their increasing popularity in the field of informatics in the U.S. It explores how nursing informatics evolved, dating back the time of social reformer Florence Nightingale. The role of the CNIO as a transformational leader that advocates the reengineering of nursing practice to an outcome-focused model is also emphasized.

The article shares the author's personal experiences of the benefits of nurse informaticists (NI) in providing patient's quality and successful health and clinical outcomes using technology in medicine.

The article describes the role of nurse informatics leaders in the ever changing healthcare in the U.S. It evaluates their roles in the government sector and academia. It discusses a study which explores the use of nurse-sensitive indicators and healthcare information technology. It states that the study aims to establish linkages between nursing care and improved patient outcomes.

The article focuses on the application of nursing information in healthcare settings. The significance of nursing informatics in improving the quality of health care and reducing its costs is highlighted. The roles of informatics nurses in various areas including care coordination, consumer-centered care and workforce acceleration are discussed.

The article focuses on the informatics nurse specialist (INS). It mentions that nursing informatics (NI) has increased its popularity and the number of informatics nurses is growing due to the increased implementation of various medical technologies such as the electronic medical record (EMR). It notes that NI is the link between patient medical care and technology.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Information Leadership: The Role of the CNIO" in the April 2015 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Nursing Informatics Leadership: Helping Craft the Profession's Future" in the December 2014 issue.

The article presents a question and answer advisory on how to learn more about nursing informatics in the U.S. which is expected to be a career alternative for nurses in the future.

Provides tips on how to handle nurses reluctant to switch to a paperless documentation system. Conversation with nurses; Communicating the benefits of the documentation system; Ways to help nurses overcome mental stumbling blocks; Having nurses work with a mentor to be more proficient with the system.

Presents a question and answer advisory on nursing informatics in the United States. Definition of nursing informatics; Functions of informatics nurse; Availability of college courses on the field; Certifications of nursing informatics.

Focuses on nursing informatics. American Nurses Association's recognition of nursing informatics as a specialty since 1992; Advantages offered by nursing informatics to nurses; Encouragement of nurses to learn as much as they can about nursing informatics.