Oncoming factors that impact informatics initiatives Nursing Informatics



Oncoming factors that impact informatics initiatives Nursing Informatics

Introduction

Nursing informatics is a specialty, which integrates information technology into a clinical project, in order to manage and communicate data, knowledge, and information in nursing practice (Nursing Informatics 101, 2012). The United States healthcare system is aiming to implement information technology (IT) as a mean to adopt the new electronic medical records within ten years. The Obama administration requested for additional budgeted funds of $19 billion for the purpose of widespread development of health information technology.

However, now the time has come to move beyond the ...