Patient care scenario
The application of nursing informatics is integral in the case of a patient who undergoes diagnosis and screening process in a different hospital.
The presiding doctor is able to access the patient’s specific antigen test(PSA) results through the other hospital’s electronic health records. The type of data the doctor is able to access includes, blood tests, weight, blood pressure, age and blood sugar levels. This type of data helps the doctor to administer the right testing and subsequent treatment of the patient.
The process of accessing the data is guided by each hospital’s guidelines and policies on data security management. The other hospital’s administrator can easily generate the patient’s previous records and fax them to the other doctor after proper authorization. The patient can also access their data in case he has an account and send an email message to the doctor.
The doctor is able to have an overview of the other hospital’s policies and procedures in how it generates, manages and share patient data with other hospitals.
Knowledge worker concept infographic
Knowledge worker
Thinking skills
Team work & project management
Factual and theoretical knowledge
Technology skills & innovation
Ethics & professionalism
Communication skills
Nursing informatics concepts
Nursing informatics
Information Science
Computer Science
Cognitive Science
Nursing knowledge
References
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