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    informatics education advice

    rninformatics replied to betbelhell's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Being involved in a project at your current organization is a great way to get your foot in the door and obtain free on the job training. Definately put your involvement in this project on your...
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    Recent Data Breaches Spark Criticism of Medical Privacy Laws

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    From iHealthBeat April 09, 2008 Recent Data Breaches Spark Criticism of Medical Privacy Laws Recently disclosed data breaches at University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center have led some...
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    Anyone Certified As An Epic Analyst?

    rninformatics replied to Brownms46's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Nursing Informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, and knowledge in nursing practice. Some...
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    informatics education advice

    rninformatics replied to betbelhell's topic in Nursing Informatics

    In all fairness "how difficult" or easy it is to obtain an informatics position (without prior informatics experience) is very subjective. It all depends on the geographical location, the professional...
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    Dialysis Centers Required To Use EHRs

    rninformatics posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    From IHealthbeat April 04, 2008 Dialysis Centers Required To Use EHRs Under Medicare Rules New Medicare rules require dialysis centers to provide patients with an individualized plan, electronic...
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    Open Source Software

    rninformatics replied to CraigB-RN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Greetings CraigB-RN, Just in case we have questions about "What is Open Source?" Open Source Defined: Open source software is computer software for which the human-readable source code is made...
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    Nurses Seek IT To Increase Efficiency

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    FROM IHealthBeat April 01, 2008 Nurses Seek IT To Increase Efficiency, Counter Staff Shortages As the U.S. nursing shortage worsens and patient safety concerns increase, health care vendors and...
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    Virtual Reality Tools Help Responders Prepare for Emergencies

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    How cool is this! FROM IHealthBeat March 28, 2008 Virtual Reality Tools Help Responders Prepare for Emergencies Researchers nationwide are using virtual reality simulation to train first responders,...
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    IT, Best Practices Reduce Medication Errors, Study Finds

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    IT, Best Practices Reduce Medication Errors, Study Finds Medication administration errors were reduced by 56.8% and the accuracy of medication administration increased to 93% during an 18-month...
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    Informatics Fellowship

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    HEY VA! HAVE YOU HEARD? March 27, 2008 Information technology training is an important part of many VA health care jobs. Employees in all health domains - physicians, nurses, IT developers and...
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    Angie's List rates health care services

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    FROM iHEALTHBEAT March 26, 2008 New Web Service Lets Consumers Rate Health Care Experiences On Monday, Angie's List, a Web site that allows consumers to rate their experience with home service...
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    Schools

    rninformatics replied to shonte19's topic in Nursing Informatics

    A similiar list can be found be doing an Internet search using the term Nursing Informatics education, Nursing, Healthcare Informatics graduate degree, etc. Check out the University Of Maryland's...
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    Cost of electronic charting

    rninformatics replied to abooker's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You first need to remember that information is only as good as the original data it was obtained from. GIGO - Garbage in, garbage out.......... IF the system is providing false alarms perhaps the...
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    BS Computer Science + BS Nursing = Nursing IT?

    rninformatics replied to ryerye's topic in Nursing Informatics

    See the NI Scope and Standards of Practice on the ANA/ANCC website to answer this question.
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    Cost of electronic charting

    rninformatics replied to abooker's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Healthcare costs are lowered when patients are treated in a more timely and cost effective manner. When quality care is delivered and patient outcomes improved studies have shown us that costs are...
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    BS Computer Science + BS Nursing = Nursing IT?

    rninformatics replied to ryerye's topic in Nursing Informatics

    no you are not "automatically qualified" to practice as an informatics nurse. i have no idea if this specialty exists in the philippines. the specialty does exist nationally and internationally in...
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    Medication Compliance Improved Through Use of Tracking Tools

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    FROM iHealthBeat March 20, 2008 Medication Compliance Improved Through Use of Tracking Tools Patients and caregivers increasingly are using drug tracking devices and Web sites to better comply with...
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    Clinical IT Can Boost Chronic Disease Care

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    March 20, 2008 Clinical IT Can Boost Chronic Disease Care, Providers Say Clinical IT can help boost patient care, reduce costs and expedite clinical studies, health care providers said at a conference...
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    getting started

    rninformatics replied to litbitblack's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Greetings litbitblack, I think if you ask 10 different Informatics Nurses "How did you get started?" you'll get 10 different stories. I myself got started by taking on a job that no one else wanted...
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    Hospitals Invest in Bedside Internet Systems for Patients

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    March 17, 2008 Hospitals Invest in Bedside Internet Systems for Patients Hospitals increasingly are installing Internet systems in an effort to help patients gather health care information that can...
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    HHS Secretary: EHRs Will Improve Care, Lower Costs

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    March 14, 2008 HHS Secretary: EHRs Will Improve Care, Lower Costs HHS' electronic health record demonstration project, development of common standards and certification for EHRs, and its chartered...
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    Anyone Certified As An Epic Analyst?

    rninformatics replied to Brownms46's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Peggy to my knowledge in order to obtain certification in a particular vendor's product (like Epic) you would need to be employeed by an organization that is willing to pay for and send you for the...
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    Do I have a shot at informatics?

    rninformatics replied to felixfelix's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Sounds like you might enjoy networking/network admin or PC suport work. Use these titles to search for job in IT and IS. Be aware neither of these roles are considered "Informatics" postions. Either...
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    What IS nursing informatics?

    rninformatics replied to sugarsweet21612's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Greetings Sugarssweet, The recently re-defined Scope and Standards of Nursing Informatics practice defines the specialty as one "that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information...
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    SINI 2008 Call for Abstracts

    rninformatics posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    University of Maryland School of Nursing 18th Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics Building Connections for Patient-Centered Records July 16 - 19, 2008 Preconference: July 14 - 16, 2008 NEW...