Nursing IT Systems & Patient Care

Area of expertise within nursing that focuses specifically on human responses to life-threatening problems.

Responsible for ensuring optimal care for critically ill and seriously conditioned individuals.

Areas where patients require complex assessment, high-intensity medication, continuous therapy, and unrelenting nursing attention.

A system designed to collect, store, organize, retrieve, and manipulate data related to the care of the critically ill patient.

Area of knowledge applicable to all healthcare areas, that keeps more people out of hospitals or helps them recover and be properly cared for.

The application of information science and technology to community and public health processes.

Used to enhance emergency preparedness, coupled and integrated to national health information system.

Wide range of health care services provided for patients who are not admitted overnight to a hospital.

The integration of information science, information processing, and information systems engineering.

To halt the spread of diseases, infections, and epidemics.

Computer systems collect data for planning, budgeting, and reporting to ensure quality care.

Responsible for managing organized nursing services and the environment where clinical nursing is practiced.

These systems prevent costly complications related to chronic conditions and enhance overall outcomes.

Systems that enhance administrative tasks and support management of healthcare within an organization.

They automate the initiation of patient-related processes; clinicians place orders using these systems instead of handwritten transcriptions.

Patient-centered systems focus on collecting and sharing direct care information.

Use of technology to deliver healthcare, health information, or health education at a distance.

Transmission of digital images, video, audio, and clinical data are captured and stored, then securely sent to clinicians at their convenience.

A telecommunications link allows real-time interaction to take place, common via videoconferencing.

Using devices to capture and transmit biometric data.

Scheduled patient encounters via the telephone between a healthcare provider and patient or caregiver.

Use of mobile phones, tablets, and PDAs for managing health.

The most familiar household communications tool used in telehealth care.

Consist of wireless motion sensors that are strategically placed around the residence and can detect motion on a 24-hour basis.

Devices plug directly into the household telephone jack to send data to a central server location or use Bluetooth technology to transmit data.