NUR 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Health Informatics, Dikw Pyramid, Expert System
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Goal: to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information management and communication. Data- collected information used to answer questions. Knowledge information that is synthesized to identify and formalize relationships- how it is. Information- data that are interpreted, organized, or structured in a clinical context used. Wisdom the appropriate application of knowledge to solve real word problems. Health care in the united states and the need for health information management. Fragmentation of care places patients at greater risk for poor outcomes, especially in regard to: Inaccurate or incomplete transfer of information related to patients transitions from inpatient to home care. Rule 1 never automate a broken process. Computerization will not fix process issues- instead it highlights them. Prior to any design there needs to be workflow review and redesign. Caregi(cid:448)ers (cid:373)ust co(cid:373)e together a(cid:374)d (cid:862)process flo(cid:449)(cid:863) their (cid:449)ork a(cid:374)d ide(cid:374)tify (cid:449)hat is (cid:374)ot working.
