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  1. Subject: Teaching undergraduate nursing students to search the professional literature Would you please forward this request for survey participation to the Nursing Informatics discussion list? Thank...
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    Entry level jobs in informatics

    h60avtrn, You rock! I am extremly impressed. You've done your home work and have valid questions. I LOL when I read your description/comparision of folks response to the term informatics to that of a...
  3. Can anyone give me any feedback (good, bad, indifferent) about Providence Hospice of
  4. From Nextgov VA's health record system cited as model for a national network By Bob Brewin 03/27/09 One of the more perplexing problems facing the Obama administration's pursuit of building a...
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    Health Information Mgt or informatics

    I know the terms HIM and HIT/HIS are sometimes used interchangeably but they are two very distinct professions. Both HIM and HIT/HIS professionals practice in the same environments - healthcare -...
  6. Please post/reply as to which scenario below you think is the most likely to occur and which components seem like good ideas. -------------------------------------------------- From FierceHealth IT...
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    Two views of the IT stimulus package's future

    from iHealthBeat, March 24th IT Incentives for Doctors, Hospitals Vary Under Federal Stimulus Package by Protima Advani "Treatment of Critical Access Hospitals Under Medicare" "For qualifying...
  8. The Healthcare Information Technology industry praises Blumenthal as next Health IT Chief http://www.ihealthbeat.org/Articles/2009/3/23/Industry-Praises-Pick-of-Blumenthal-as-Next-Health-IT-Chief.aspx...
  9. Singing, Please don't hold back. Please tell us how you really
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    Nursing Infomatics

    Walmart has no plans to start creating HISs. As a matter of fact the systems/vendor - eClincialWorks, mentioned in this article- is the vendor for both New York city's Primary Care Information...
  11. I feel like I am witnessing history being made! Angela -------------- From iHealthBeat Thursday, March 19, 2009 by George Lauer, iHealthBeat Features Editor Some health IT experts predict $19 billion...
  12. Where do you work? Currently for an integrated delivery network of 11 acute care hospitals located throughout IL and Indiana. 2. What job qualifications are required for your position? BS or BSN (or...
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    Ideas for Informatics and Nursing

    Evidence Based Practice In short what scientific or research based "evidence" is there to support that this way of doing something ( providing care, implementing HIS systems, changing policy,...
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    Ideas for Informatics and Nursing

    here is another idea related to pt safety. From iHealthbeat March 9, 2009 Study Raises Questions About Value of E-Prescribing Alerts Clinicians bypassed more than 90% of the drug interaction alerts...
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    Ideas for Informatics and Nursing

    Greetings MagsMom, Good topics usually come from issues, challenges, problems that you have encountered in your own daily practice. Or what about looking at issues that are current in NI and...
  16. From Tuesday, March 3rd iHealthBeat For those of you who are concerned that increased use of EHRs will lead to decreased security and privacy of patient information ,this should be good news to you....
  17. In the same vein as our discussion On the subject of how can make EMR's a reality. The article quotes one of the implementers of a project in NY that was successful. "Our experience here is that it's...
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    Finding local nursing informatics groups

    I'm not sure Noxi. I did not attend the Feb 26th program. I would hazard a guess that the topic might have included anything from clinical applications (such as Epic) to smart scales or telehealth...
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    Finding local nursing informatics groups

    Greetings Noxi, Your local NI organization is the PSNI (Puget Sound Nursing Informatics) group which can be found by going to: http://www.psniwa.org/page1.aspx They are having trouble with the web...
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    What to do with COWs/WOWs.

    We have never been sited if the nurse was actually standing with it in the door way and administering meds when the Surveyor passed by. Those left in the hallway unattended............thats another...
  21. If you have not yet seen September's issue of Nursing Management and more importantly the supplement to the periodical - IT Solutions get it. The supplement contains 5 excellent articles: 1) Deep...
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    IT Solutions supplement to Nursing Management

    Greetings CraigB, As I wrote in my original post, the IT Solutions was a supplement to the Sept 2008 issue of Nursing Management, Volume 39, Number 9 and I could not find it (the supplement)...
  23. Thanks for asking Sue! I think you may be asking me to speak to two things" #1 the problems within the larger arena of HIT and #2 the more subtle issue of clinician vs techie. Here goes. #1 I agree...
  24. AMIA is pleased to announce the addition of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing to AMIA's 10x10 Program AMIA 10x10 is a course directed to both a generic overview of nursing and health...
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    Wireless Cell Phones in Nursing

    You are more than welcome. Check back as there may be more posted suggestions from