Table of Contents

Preface vii

Part 1 — Nursing Informatics Technologies 1

1 Historical Perspective of Nursing Informatics • 3

2 Computer Hardware • 11

3 Advanced Hardware and mHealth • 25

4 Computer Software • 33

5 Open Source and Free Software • 47

6 Data and Data Processing • 65

7 Health Data Standards: Development, Harmonization,

and Interoperability • 73

8 Standardized Nursing Terminologies • 87

9 Human–Computer Interaction • 99

10 Trustworthy Systems for Safe and Private

Healthcare • 111

Part 2 — System Life Cycle 127

11 System Life Cycle: A Framework • 129

12 System and Functional Testing • 153

13 System Life Cycle Tools • 163

14 Healthcare Project Management • 171

Part 3 — Informatics Theory Standards—

Foundations of Nursing Informatics 181

15 The Practice Specialty of Nursing Informatics • 183

16 Nursing Informatics and Healthcare Policy • 205

Part 4 — Nursing Informatics Leadership 229

17 The Role of the Nurse Executive in Information

Technology Decision Making • 231

18 Establishing Nursing Informatics in Public Policy • 241

19 Communication Skills in Health IT, Building

Strong Teams for Successful Health IT Outcomes • 253

20 Assessing the Vendors • 261

21 Nurse Scheduling and Credentialing Systems • 275

22 Informatics and the Healthcare Industry • 285

Part 5 — Advanced Nursing Informatics in

Practice 295

23 Structuring Advanced Practice Knowledge:

An Internet Resource for Education and

Practice • 297

24 Nursing Informatics in Retail Clinics • 307

25 Care Delivery Across the Care Continuum:

Hospital–Community–Home • 317

26 Foundation of a Nursing Plan of Care Standard • 329

27 Computerized Provider Order Entry • 341

28 Physiological Monitoring and Device Interface • 351

29 Health Information Technology: Striving to Improve

Patient Safety • 361

30 The Role of Technology in the Medication-Use

Process • 371

31 The Magnet Model • 391

32 Public Health Practice Applications • 397

33 Informatics Solutions for Emergency Planning

and Response • 409

34 Federal Healthcare Sector Nursing Informatics • 419

35 Consumer/Patient Engagement and eHealth

Resources • 433

Part 6 — Nursing Informatics—Complex

Applications 443

36 Healthcare Analytics • 445

37 Planning, Design, and Implementation of

Information Technology in Complex Healthcare

Systems • 455

38 The Quality Spectrum in Informatics • 465

39 Translation of Evidence into Nursing Practice • 479

40 Improving Healthcare Quality and Patient Outcomes

Through the Integration of Evidence-Based

Practice and Informatics • 493

41 Incorporating Evidence: Use of Computer-Based

Clinical Decision Support Systems for Health

Professionals • 505

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Part 7 — Educational Applications 515

42 Nursing Curriculum Reform and Healthcare

Information Technology • 517

43 The TIGER Initiative • 529

44 Initiation and Management of Accessible, Effective

Online Learning • 537

45 Social Media in the Connected Age: Impact on

Healthcare Education and Practice • 549

46 A Paradigm Shift in Simulation: Experiential

Learning in Virtual Worlds • 563

Part 8 — Research Applications 575

47 Computer Use in Nursing Research • 577

48 Information Literacy and Computerized Information

Resources • 599

Part 9 — Big Data Initiatives 613

49 Genomics and Information Technology for Personalized

Health • 615

50 Global eHealth and Informatics • 629

Index • 639

About the Author

Kathleen McCormick was the recipient of the 2013 International Award for Nursing Informatics Leadership from Sigma Theta Tau. McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide