Nursing Informatics

• A Look at Nursing Informatics
  Discussion by a NI expert about the advantages and disadvantages of electronic health records, what type of nurse enters the NI field, and salary range.
• American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing-Informatics Special Interest Group
  Offers information about AAACN and its involvement in the design, selection, implementation and evaluation of Information Systems to support ambulatory nursing.
• An Overview of Nursing Informatics
  Displays an informative article that was originally published in Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 21, 227-231 (1989) as "The Study of Nursing Informatics," by J.R. Graves and S. Corcoran.
• Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes
  ACENDIO provides a network across Europe for nurses interested in development of a common language to describe the practice of nursing.
  
• Bulletin Board for Nursing Informatics
  Allows health professionals to participate in a worldwide web forum on nursing informatics
• CARING: Capital Area Roundtable on Informatics in Nursing
  Provides a forum for the advancement of automated healthcare information systems.
• Center for Nursing Classification
  Focuses on classification research. Provides a structure for the continued upkeep of the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).
  
• Central Savannah River Area-Clinical Informatics Network
  Provides a forum for the interchange of ideas among those committed to the goal of improving patient care through the effective use of information technology.
  
• Computer Based Patient Record Institute (CPRI-Host)
  Serves as a neutral forum for bringing diverse interests together to raise issues, exchange ideas, and develop common solutions for management of health information
  
• Connecticut Healthcare Informatics Network
  Promotes awareness and communication of computer technology in healthcare.
  
• Duke University Nursing Informatics Program
  Presents Duke's NI program that is designed around a concept combining on-campus and web-based distance education strategies that permit nurses to complete informatics education from anywhere in the world.
  
• Educational Opportunities in Nursing Informatics
  Offers a list of schools with classes and/or programs in Nursing Informatics including on-line courses.
  
• FAQ's about Nursing Informatics
  Answers many questions about NI including definition, type of work NI nurses do, requirements for certification and the (8) areas that the exam covers.
  
• Healthcare and Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
  Serves a valuable role in bringing health care professionals together in a local forum. HIMSS has 42 chapters across the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Australia.
  
• Informatics Nurses from Ohio (INFO)
  Promotes networking in nursing informatics in Ohio since 1998 by a group of nurses interested in nursing informatics.
  
• Maryland Society for Healthcare Information Systems Management
  Dedicates resources and communication to improving information systems management in Maryland's health care institutions.
  
• Midwest Alliance for Nursing Informatics (MANI)
  Serves as a resource throughout the Midwestern United States. Main purpose is to empower members to share expertise and experience through educational offerings and networking.
  
• North Carolina State Nurses Association Council on Nursing Informatics (CONI)
  Offers opportunities for nurse informaticists and other nurses interested in informatics to meet, network and discuss issues that enhance their knowledge of the specialty.
  
• Nursing Informatics and Health Informatics Conferences
  Provides a comprehensive schedule of conferences for nursing and health informatics through April 2006. Information includes topics, speakers, dates, and location.
  
• Nursing Informatics as a Career Choice
  Provides pointers on how to be better prepared for a career in nursing information systems.
  
• Nursing Informatics: Frequently Asked Questions
  Lists of FAQ's about nursing informatics compiled by Susan Newbold, MS, RN, Nurse Consultant in Nursing Informatics at University of Maryland.
  
• Nursing Informatics Job Board
  Provides a list of positions available in the field of nursing informatics. User can also post jobs at this site.
  
• Nursing Informatics: National Institute of Nursing Research; Report of the NCNR Priority Expert Panel on Nursing Informatics; 1993,
  Provides an introduction to the field of nursing informatics, how it has evolved, its terms and concepts, and its effect on patient care.
  
• Nursing Informatics Special Interest Groups
  List of hyperlinks and email addresses to NI special interest groups compiled by Susan Newbold, a specialist in NI.
  
• Nursing Informatics Work Group
  Represents the interests of nursing informatics for members in the working group and American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
  
• Nursing Information Systems Council of New England
  Targets the professional nurse and other disciplines that are interested in learning about information technology within the healthcare industry.
  
• Puget Sound Nursing Informatics
  Provides an opportunity to network, learn about various information systems relevant to nursing, and provide educational opportunities in NI.
  
• Texas Nursing and Healthcare Informatics Association
  Promotes Nursing and Healthcare Informatics.
• The Informatics Review
  Displays an E-journal about clinical informatics of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems.
  
• Tri-State Nursing Computer Network - TNCN
  Serves as a resource organization for nurses seeking to expand their knowledge and use of computers within nursing.
  
• The University of Iowa Hospital: Nursing Informatics Dept
  Offers hyperlinks to the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (UIHC) noted INFORMM NIS and Standardized Nursing Languages (SNL).

  International

• International Medical Informatics/Nursing Informatics: Special Interest Group
  Focuses on serving the specific needs of nurses in the field of NI.

  Canada

• Canadian Office for Advancement of Computers in Health (COACH)
  Promotes understanding and effective utilization of information technologies in the Canadian Health system. Membership consists of health care workers, educators, information technology specialists and vendors.
  
• Nursing Informatics Map and Definition
  Offers the Nursing Informatics Map and the history and development of the definition of Nursing Informatics.
  
• The Ontario Nursing Informatics Group (ONIG)
  Provides a forum for nursing professionals to communicate and disseminate current developments in health care information systems.

  France
  

• French Speaking Nursing and Informatics Association
  Provides information about SIXI, which is a French speaking nursing and informatics association founded in 1987.
  

  New Zealand
  

• New Zealand Informatics Standards
  Provides information on the activities of two key health informatics standards bodies, The Health Information Standards Committee and the New Zealand Health Informatics Foundation.
  

  United Kingdom
  

• British Computer Society - Nursing Specialist Group (NSG)
  Promoters a forum for nurses and therapists interested in the management and use of information to improve patient care, the development of learning programmes for all staff, enabling better response to patient inquiry, and improved direction to nursing and therapy specialties for clinical information and education.
  
• Nursing Informatics.net
  Contains links to and information on nursing, health and medical informatics, organizations and journals, nursing informatics courses, and other sites of relevance.
  
  
  Last Reviewed 04/26/01