QATAR, Western Asia

The Nursing Informatics Department (NI) at HMC has broken new ground of nursing informatics specialisation in
Qatar as well as the entire region.

• It shapes the framework in transforming the department into an integrated service provider which holds nurses
at the centre of all operations.

• It serves as the foundation to support nursing staff in education and training, communication, research and
operational activities.

• The overall strategic plan focuses on nursing informatics research and professional development in healthcare
informatics and information technology.

a.) aimed at encouraging nurses to promote the best use of clinical information and technological
systems for the improvement of patient care delivery.
b.) Nursing Informatics coordinates and facilitates various activities to provide nurses in obtaining a high
level of informatics knowledge and practice.

• To advance nursing practice, the department have been involved in the Clinical Information System (CIS)
preparation, implementation and post implementation phases in all facilities.

• The department also led the implementation of Clairvia system across the corporation.

A ) manages nursing workforce and acuity-based patient assignment.

b.) This in addition to other projects initiated by the department to enhance accuracy in nursing documentation
and decrease the time spent by nurses in creating and updating documentation, which ultimately improves quality
of patients’ care delivery,”

• The department is committed to empowering nurses and enhancing their skills.

A.) Provides E-Learning Training Courses, CIS courses and IT Courses to fully equip the nurses for their CIS journey.

• To enhance patient care, the department has launched the Nursing Informatics Research Community Program.
A.) The purpose of the program is to develop a community in Qatar to work on empowering nurses to implement
best practices and deliver the highest quality of patient care.

• Nursing Informatics Research Community is a suite of educational sessions and interactive research activities
aiming to provide knowledge and skills in conducting researches in Health Informatics.

a.) It consists of Research Workshops, Research Educational course and Research Award. The workshops focus on
several priority areas and were designed to expose new ideas in the field of informatics research and encourage
participants to engage in future research activities.

the Nursing Informatics Department focuses on the following:

Accessibility Excellence

Achievable Informative

Confidence Knowledge

Creative Professionalism

Dedicated Supportive

The department are gearing our nurses towards the future healthcare and preparing them with the competencies
and skills required to practice in a future healthcare environment.

The Nursing Informatics Department

References:

Saleem, F. ( June, 2019 ). Nursing Informatics: A growing speciality across HMC. Retrieved from
https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/26/06/2019/Nursing-Informatics-A-growing-speciality-across HMC?
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