Standardized Terminology and Language in Informatics is an important part of healthcare. Nurses and healthcare workers need to understand and be able to communicate clearly. Please select one of the following options and discuss your understanding of the role in healthcare and its potential impact on your practice.
USABILITY : This term is used to define the extent to which a product can be used to achieve specificed target or goal with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction
INTEGRATION : integration has slightly different definition for different, but in one working definition it can be defined as providing right care in the right place to a individual/group in need
INTERFACE: "interconnection" or "interaction" between applications or systems. A healthcare application vendors need to provide a means within their application for interaction to take place , which in turn leads to a better healthcare system
INTEROPERABILITY : interoperability is the ability of different information systems, devices and applications to access, exchange, intergrate and cooperatively use data in coordination manner, within and across organisational, regional and nation boundaries, to provide timely and seamless portablility. Of information and optimise the health of individuals and populations
MEANINGFUL USE : this is a program which comes under 2009 health information technology for economic and Clinical health act, this program promotes the widespread adoption of electronic health records systems, which ultimately creates an infrastructure that improves the quality safety and efficiency of patient care
CMS : the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services is the agency within the U.S department of Health and Human Services that collects and analyses data, produces research reports and works to eliminate instances of fraud and abuse within the healthcare system , CMS also regulates ,determine rules of medical necessity or payment and reimbursement fee schedules for childbirth, commercial payers
NANDA : stands for (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) is a professional organization of nurses interested in standardized nursing terminology,and develops, researches, disseminates and refines the nomenclature, criteria, and taxonomy of nursing diagnoses.
NOC : Stands for (national occupational classification) This is a group of managers who plan, organise, direct, control and evaluate the delivery of various health care services.
These services could be therapy , treatment, nursing etc. these managers can hold titles like administrator, nursing unit, administrator, therapeutic service, asssistant administrator for nursing, assistant administrator, nursing services, assistant director of nursing ,assistant director of nursing
they have to perform a wide spectrum of duties, but few of there main duties are
Planning, organising, directing, controlling and evaluating the delivery of health care services within a department of a health care institution or in other settings that provide health care services
Consulting with the boards of directors and senior managers for maintaining and establishing standards for the provision of health care services
Developing evaluation systems for monitoring the quality of health care given to patients
Monitoring the use of various diagnostic services, in-patient beds and facilities for ensuring the effective use of resources
Developing and implementing plans for new programs, special projects, new material and equipment acquisitions and future staffing levels in their department or establishment
Employment requirement, for there manager can vary depending upon there title eg, administrators of departments such as surgery, clinical medicine or laboratory medicine should possess the education and training that specialist physicians have
Standardized Terminology and Language in Informatics is an important part of healthcare. Nurses and healthcare workers...
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