Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century, 3rd Edition - Book 3: Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses

Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century Series is a critical resource in chronicling the huge historical shift in nursing linked to the explosion of EHR national and international strategies and health policies around the globe. Each book in the series examines the revolution that has occurred in nursing and explores the role IT continues to play in this transformation, with a thoughtful examination of nursing practice, science and research, and education.

Innovation Through Applied Informatics for Nursing explores informatics trends emerging over the next decade including personalized healthcare, telehealth, artificial intelligence, voice recognition and predictive analytics. Emphasis is placed on their importance, benefits and key challenges for nurses. Digital health and patient generated data in the context of remote monitoring is highlighted with a focus on digital health tools, issues, challenges and implications for the future. A featured case study includes the use of patient generated data during the COVID-19 pandemic including critical lessons learned. A discussion of the technological building blocks of sensors and the Internet of Things highlights examples of how healthcare delivery system models of care are being transformed.

Applied data science as an emerging healthcare discipline: Discussion includes natural language processing, data science frameworks, implications for data bias and ethical considerations. The conceptual building blocks of artificial intelligence and machine learning are outlined resulting in a call for all nurses to develop an improved understanding of implications for our practice and our patients. Telehealth is defined including modalities, services, virtual care, human factors and financial, legal and regulatory considerations. Key drivers and stakeholders advancing simulation-based care delivery are discussed including recommendations for how healthcare organizations can perform event simulation as they prepare to meet the risk management needs of the future. This book concludes by highlighting documentation best practices implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.