The Nursing Informatics Implementation Guide

by Eleanor Callahan Hunt, Sara Breckenridge Sproat, Rebecca Rutherford Kitzmiller

Book Overview

Health institutions are investing in and fielding information technology solutions at an unprecedented pace. With the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine around information technology solutions for patient safety, mandates from industry groups such as Leapfrog about using infor- mation systems to improve health care, and the move toward evidence- based practice, health institutions cannot afford to retain manual practices. The installation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387408371
• ISBN13: 9780387408378
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

There is theory and there is practice, this does both

This book provides clear, concise, practical information for the nurse informaticist - regardless of beginner or expert. Excellent for quick reference and also as textbook for academics. A 'keeper' in any nursing informatics library. The Advice tips are straight from the field and tested in practice. The authors have done an excellent job of balancing theory and practicality - a reference to go to again and again.

A Terrific Resource

The Nursing Informatics Implementation Guide presents a practical approach to implementing clinical information systems. It provides clear guidance for all phases of the system lifecycle. The authors draw on years of implementation experience to provide strategies for successful implementation. Additionally, the authors have a unique feature called "A Bit of Informatics Advise" with topic specific comments and tips from over 25 nursing informatics practitioners. This is a great book for anyone currently involved in system implementations or for those just getting started. This is a great resource you will return to again and again!

EXCELLENT choice if you are interested in informatics

I personally know the authors through my participation on the Council on Nursing Informatics within the North Carolina Nurses Association. These women are at the top of their field. They are a wealth of information and have provided the rest of us informatics grunts with a great guide to help us along in our goal towards a national EHR. I would recommend this text to anyone interested in informatics...or to anyone who is contemplating the purchase and installation of a electronic health record. Implementation can be a daunting task, but these ladies have broken a complex process into managable "bites" for anyone to accomplish.

Nursing Informaticists everywhere should be thanking you!

I purchased the implementation book you co-authored and I just wanted to tell you thanks for giving nursing informaticists such a great tool to help us along the way during clinical information system implementations.