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NURS FPX4040 Assessment1 1.docx 3 RUNNING HEAD: Nursing Informatics in Healthcare NURS-FPX 4040 Nursing Informatics in Healthcare Capella University NURS-FPX4040- Managing Health Information... and Technology Nurse Informaticist Proposal Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist Per the American Medical Informatics Association (n.d.), or AMIA, nursing informatics is defined as the practice of integrating the information and knowledge of nursing with information and communication technologies in order to promote the health of patients and their communities. Nurse informaticists experience with bedside patient care assists them in understanding the clinical workflow of nurses and their working environments. These informatics nurses can function in many different roles, including training bedside nursing staff about the use of technology devices, and even research that will be used to develop new technologies (Wolters Kluwer, 2018). Current evidence shows that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for telehealth has increased enormously. In order to stop the spread of the virus, nurse informaticists have been enlisted by healthcare organizations to help with the utilization of telehealth and telenetworking strategies in order to keep patients out of the hospital facilities but still be able to maintain their operations (Schoenbaum & Carroll, 2020). Nurse Informaticists and Other Health Care Organizations The nurse informaticist possesses the skills needed to be a liaison between the IT (informatio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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