NURSING INFORMATICS

IN SOUTH AMERICA
Presented by:
Marocelle P. Garcia
Aileen Grace S.
Rodrigo
OBJECTIVES:

• To present an overview of the development of Nursing Informatics

in South America

• Toidentify some nursing informatics initiatives that lead to the

development of Nursing Informatics in South America
Map of South America
Nursing Informatics Development in
South America
 Nursing Informatics Development in
South America

• based more on activities of individuals

• varies in each country in terms of development and deployment
• has been a visible tendency in health and nursing education,
practice, research, and administration
 Nursing Informatics Development in
South America

• In Latin America and the Caribbean, the growth of information

technology has been consistently the world’s highest for 20 years
-The region rank third in information technology expenditure

• better access and ability to implement services and applications in

nursing are found in most developed part of the country
Nursing Informatics Initiatives in South
American Countries
 Nursing Informatics Initiatives

In South America..
• initial motivation in developing computer systems in the healthcare
area was driven by financial and administrative concerns
-most of the computer systems implemented is for controlling
administration data

• South American health workers well represent the National and

International Software Industry when in come to informatics.
To summarize:
• No matter how general Nursing informatics is, the development
of nursing informatics is a case to case basis and varies
depending on the requirements needed per region/country.
Questions?