Nursing Informatics ’91

Many aspects of health care are being supported by the use of IT. Increasingly, nurses are playing a key role in selecting, implementing and utilizing systems ranging from hospital-wide to unique, specific applications. This book draws together the collected expertise of key nursing, informatics practitioners and other eminent contributors to the field. The express purpose is to provide guidelines toward successful implementation and utilization of IT so that the potential benefits can be achieved. Societal, organizational and individual response to health care IT are key considerations.

I Health Care Information Technology: Implications for Change.- Plenary papers.- 1 On the Interaction Between Health Informatics, the Individual and Society.- 2 Development of an Information Technology Culture within the Organization.- 3 Information Leads to Compliance?.- 4 Health Care Information Technology: Implications for Change - Summary of the Working Conference.- II Health Care Information Technology: Implications for Change.- Working Group Papers.- Working Group Paper One.- Working Group Paper Two.- Working Group Paper Three.- Working Group Paper Four.- III Health Care Information Technology: Implications for Change.- Individual Papers.- The Identification of Communication Flow Patterns and Information Needs of an Organization.- Information and Communication Flow Patterns: A Vital Part of the Process of Organizational Change.- Planning Your Clinical Information System for the End User.- Software Development: Complexity and Professional Roles.- The Pros and Cons of Customized Development Versus Software Package.- Computer Application Development - User, Vendor or Profession?.- What's In It For Us? Information Technology Implementation -- A Process of Change.- Managing the Change Process for a Smooth Implementation.- Managing Change for Smooth Implementation.- Benefits of Bedside Terminals - Myth or Reality?.- Facilitating and Enhancing the Role of the Nurse: The Nurse and the Clinical Workstation.- The Electronic Community: Will Computer-Mediated Communication Have an Impact on Nursing Practice?.- Organizational Changes as a Result of Computerization -- The Peijas-Rekola Case.- Information Technology and the Management of Preventive Services.- Experiences with Selection and Implementation of an Integrated Hospital Information System.- Managing the ChangeProcess for a Smooth Implementation: The Case of Leuven.- Computer-Based Training for HIS: A User-Driven Contemporary Curriculum Model.- From Implementation to Maintenance: How to Keep Staff Motivated?.- The Computer as a Partner in Nursing Practice: Implications for Curriculum Change.- Computer-Based Training for H.I.S. Orientation: Efficient, Effective and Friendly.- Data Protection and a Secure Environment for Nursing: Information Technology Security.- Can Patient Care Documentation Be Standardized for Today's Computer?.- Preparing for a Career in Nursing Informatics.- Career Opportunities in Nursing Informatics.- Spiralling Costs of Health Care -- Can Computers Help to Contain Costs.- Patient Classification and Computers: Tools for Patient Care Management in the Nursing Service.- Guidelines for Measuring Quality Health Care or What to Do Until We Have a Large Database.- Access to Care: Realities of the American Marketplace.- Author Index.- Key Words Index.