Nursing Informatics Application to Practice Alyse Capron Val Cartmel

Nursing Informatics Application to Practice Alyse Capron Val Cartmel

Presented by Alyse Capron, MN Clinical Practice Specialist – Informatics Clinical Informatics, VIHA Phone: 250 370-8111 ext. 3301 Fax: 250 519-1556 [email protected]

Presented by Val Cartmel, BSN, MA – Leadership (candidate) Regional Leader, Clinical Informatics Vancouver Coastal Health 604 875-5028 (phone) 604 875-4478 (fax) [email protected]

Outline Informatics in Practice, various roles Personal perspective Impact of Informatics on Professional Practice

What is Nursing Informatics? “A specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice. Facilitates the integration of data, information and knowledge to support patients, nurses and other providers in their decision-making in all roles and settings” Staggers & Bagley-Thompson, 2002 Difference between: Health, Clinical, Medical, Nursing Informatics?

Nursing Informatics roles Clinical Analyst/Application Coordinator Clinical Trainer/Educator Telehealth Coordinator Project Manager Practice Consultant/Standards Liaison Title often dictated by the system used or the organization

Various roles support various functions System support System configuration/design (Usability) Business process analysis (Clinical Transformation) Change Management (Human Factors) Policy and Standards Development

What do we do? Val’s role Alyse’s role Clinical vs IT Advocacy Should Clinical Informatics staff reside in IT or PP?

What impact do systems implementations have on changes to professional practice? Groupwork – tabletop discussion Focus on both perspectives: System implementation and Professional Practice Suggested topics Hardware considerations Standards Work process redesign Your own creative thoughts