SEMINAR

ON
HEALTH INFORMATICS
PRESENTED BY-
PINKI BARMAN
1st YEAR M.SC NURSING
AIN, GUWAHATI
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.
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
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.
Element of health informatics
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Who involve in health informatics
Clinicalpersonnel
Nonclinical personnel
Health care administrator
Health educator
IT professionals
Insurance company
Policy maker
Health information application
Imaging system in health
Tele health
Tele nursing
Mobile health
E health
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.
Sources of health information system
Censes
Sample registration system
Hospital records
Disease registers
Record linkage
Environmental health data
Notification of disease.
Characteristics of health information
system
Understandable
Relevant
Complete
Available
Reliable
Concise
Timely
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.
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
Element of nursing informatics

Data information Knowledge

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
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.
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
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.
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.
Summary
and
conclusion