Author: Dee McDonigle, Kathleen Mastrian

An introductory guide to the history of healthcare informatics, current issues, basic informatics concepts, and health information management applications.  It now includes essential foundations and clinical applications for undergraduates in addition to evidence-based practice for graduates. 

The new chapters added in this edition include technology and patient safety, system development life cycle, workflow analysis, simulation and bioinformatics.  There is also an access code to a companion website which gives study aids for each chapter, further questions and other learning activities.

Section  I  Building Blocks of Nursing Informatics
  Chapter  1  Nursing Science and the Foundation of Knowledge
  Chapter  2  Introduction to Information, Information Science, and Information Systems
  Chapter  3  Computer Science and the Foundation of Knowledge Model
  Chapter  4  Introduction to Cognitive Science
  Chapter  5  Ethical Applications of Informatics
Section  II  Perspectives of Nursing Informatics
  Chapter  6  Overview of Nursing Informatics
  Chapter  7  Developing Standardized Terminologies to Support Nursing Practice
  Chapter  8  Nursing Informatics Roles, Competencies, and Skills
  Chapter  9  Information and Knowledge Needs of Nurses in the 21st Century
  Chapter  10  Legislative Aspects: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 and The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
  Chapter  11  E-Portfolios: Processing and Dissemination of Professional Accomplishments
Section  III  Nursing Informatics Administrative Applications (Pre-Care and Care Support)
  Chapter  12  Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC): NI and Organizational Decision Making
  Chapter  13  Administrative Information Systems
  Chapter  14  Improving the Human-Technology Interface
  Chapter  15  Information Copyright and Fair Use Network Security
  Chapter  16  Nursing Informatics: Improving Workflow and Meaningful Use
Section  IV  Nursing Informatics Practice Applications - Care Delivery
  Chapter  17  The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics
  Chapter  18  An Insider's View of the Utility of a Clinical Information System
  Chapter  19  Telenursing and Remote Access Telehealth
  Chapter  20  Supporting Consumer Information and Education Needs
  Chapter  21  Using Informatics to Promote Community and Population Health
  Chapter  22  Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety
Section  V  Nursing Informatics Education and Research Applications
  Chapter  23  Nursing Informatics and Nursing Education
  Chapter  24  Simulation in Nursing Informatics Education
  Chapter  25  Games, Simulations, and Virutal Worlds for Educators
  Chapter  26  Nursing Research: Data Collection, Processing, and Analysis
  Chapter  27  Translational Research: Generating Evidence for Practice
Section  VI  Imagining the Future of Nursing Informatics
  Chapter  28  Bioinformatics (BI), Biomedical Informatics, and Computational Biology
  Chapter  29  Emerging Technologies and the Generation of Knowledge
  Chapter  30  Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge