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PubMed1997

Information for trained nurses in remote areas: do electronically networked resources provide an answer?

This paper reports on a research project which examined the potential of the Internet, and other networked information resources, to improve access to information for trained nurses working in remote areas. This paper provides a review of current literature in the field. It describes the research carried out, presents a summary of the research findings and discusses the implications of these findings. The paper concludes that the Internet and networked resources do have considerable potential to improve access to information for nurses working in remote and rural areas. However, information skills, along with professional guidance, are also required.

Community Health Services↗
PubMed1997

US medical education. Young doctors.

Opinions diverge on how medical education in the US should develop. Most students graduate with substantial debts which deter them from entering lower-paying branches of medicine. Attempts to broaden the intake of medical schools have not been very successful.

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PubMed1997

Nursing informatics in a registered nurse graduate program.

For many Registered Nurses the question is not whether to advance their education, but how to attain the requisite formal learning experiences given their professional and personal responsibilities. One innovative approach to facilitating the pathway to graduate education for a group of very experienced nurses lacking the BSN is the RN-MS Program at Northeastern University. This graduate-level curriculum provides an opportunity for selected Associate Degree and Diploma prepared nurses to integrate their basic nursing education, extensive clinical practice, professional leadership experience, and practical knowledge base within an extended (85 quarter hours) formal graduate program of study in a nursing specialization. The learning paradigm includes Nursing Informatics and computer competency. The intent of this work was to analyze the experience of RN applicants--students who participated in the faculty designed seminar and developed a typed portfolio using word processing software as part of the admission process in the RN to MS Program. The Nursing Informatics (computer competency component) and its integration throughout the curriculum will be evaluated.

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PubMed1998

The Finnish informatics nurse, her job and education against a background of international development.

This paper presents a small survey made to Finnish "adp-nurses" working at adp-departments or as contact persons and informants at the wards. Their positions, job descriptions and informal education is discussed in relation to recent international development in the field. Finally the necessity of starting formal education for the European informatics nurse is stressed.

Computer Literacy↗
PubMed1997

Strategic plan for promoting ICNP in Romania.

Preparing Romanian nursing community for the newcoming health information systems is not an easy task and has to start with the structuring of nursing information. That means that the free text of nursing documentation has to be mould, in a first stage, into a nursing language. Then, using a classification system, it will be possible for it to be captured in an electronic health record. This paper is presenting the strategy proposed by the Working Group for Nursing Informatics of the Romanian Medical Informatics Society for developing the Romanian version of the International Classification for Nursing Practice(ICNP) and the dissemination actions associated.

Computer Literacy↗
PubMed1997

Designing medical hypermedia: the FORUM project.

Medical activity in learning stages or in usual tasks is a wide field for information technologies. But it would be a mistake to focus on technologies and minimize the organisational, social and cultural aspects of integrating such technologies. Medical hypermedia design based only on a technological approach is a case in point. This paper describes our experience in hypermedia development. It reports on the technical, methodological and organizational aspects destined to help the medical community get involved in the development of such applications.

Computer Communication Networks↗
PubMed1997

Interventions for improving information management in family practice.

Information management training has been neglected in family practice in the UK in the past. An adult learning model for such training is introduced. A pilot study using the adult learning approach showed improvements in information management processes over the six-month study period. The research project described in this paper compares the effectiveness of on-site training using adult learning methods, written information, and no intervention, in 33 family practices in the UK. Nine of the eleven practices in the on-site training group completed the training sessions and provided data, whereas only four of the eleven practices in the written information group provided data, and only three of the eleven practices in the control group did so. Preliminary analysis demonstrates that on-site training practices made considerable changes to the information systems in their practices, and appreciated the importance of high-quality data, both for patient care and reporting requirements. Full comparisons of data quality and information management methods are presented, and an assessment of priority training needs for maximum benefit is made.

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PubMed1998

Houston cancer center improves productivity, saves big with reengineered info system.

Reengineer information systems the right way: Integrating disparate software programs is no small feat when complex webs of systems need to be dismantled and redesigned. That's what The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston discovered when reengineering its information systems within the facilities management department. The painstaking effort has already begun paying off, with improvements in productivity and savings on inventory. Learn how M.D. Anderson expects to save more than $100,000 a year with this new system.

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