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Introduction to Nursing Informatics

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This chapter introduces the reader to the scope and practice of nursing informatics. Contextualized across the health care system from an international perspective, the authors lead readers through an exploration of information and communication technologies (ICT), concepts related to eHealth and mHealth, and emerging topics such as clinical intelligence as they inform and support professional nursing practice. An overview of nursing informatics as a specialty practice distinct from health informatics and the evolution of definitions and competencies are also presented.

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  1. Atlantic Branch, Gevity Consulting Inc, Halifax, NS, Canada

    Margaret Ann Kennedy RN, PhD, CPHIMS-CA

  2. School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

    Pamela Hussey RN, RCN, MEd, MSc, PhD (Lecturer in Health Informatics and Nursing)

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    Kathryn J. Hannah

  2. Dublin City University, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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  3. Global Village Consulting Inc, Merigomish, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Margaret A. Kennedy

  4. IBM Research Center for Healthcare Management, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Marion J. Ball

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Kennedy, M.A., Hussey, P. (2015). Nursing Informatics. In: Hannah, K., Hussey, P., Kennedy, M., Ball, M. (eds) Introduction to Nursing Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2999-8_2

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