This book is the ideal gateway to all the professional possibilities this continuously evolving discipline has to offer. Describing the evolution of nursing informatics from its origins to current practice in todays complex, diverse healthcare environment, this book offers the next generation of nurse informaticists a keen understanding of the discipline, best practices, and its scope of influence in healthcare.

Table of Contents

• Foreword - Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: A Discipline Defined - Susan K. Newbold, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FHIMSS, CHTS-CP
• Chapter 2: The Origins and Evolution of Nursing Informatics - Sejal Patel, PhD; Grischa Metlay, PhD; Kathy Lesh, PhD, EdM, MS, RN-BC; and Linda Fischetti, MS, RN
• Chapter 3: Nursing, Informatics, and Technology Today - Kimberly Ellis Krakowski, MSN, RN, CAHIMS; and Patricia Mook, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
• Chapter 4: Nursing, Informatics, and Technology: A Look Forward - Charles M. Boicey, MS, RN-BC, PMP, CLNC, CPHIMS
• Chapter 5: Nursing, Informatics—A Day in the Life - Edited by Tina Dieckhaus, MSN, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
• Preface
• Education/Academia/Research
• Nursing Informatics Student - Sarah Knapfel, BSN, RN, CCRN, MSN
• Informatics Nurse Specialist—Researcher - Susan McBride, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS
• Adjunct Associate Professor - Beth L. Elias, PhD, MS
• Clinical Settings
• Electronic Health Record Trainer—Hospital Setting - Lou Barr, MSN/MHA, RN
• Informatics Nurse Specialist—Hospital Setting - Minnie Raju, MS, RN
• Informatics Nurse Specialist—Retail Health Setting - Susan Brown, MSN, FNP-BC, CPHIMS
• Quality Specialist—Physician Office Setting - Rhelinda McFadden, RN, CPHIT, CPEHR
• Director of Informatics and Innovation—Healthcare Setting - Kimberly Ellis Krakowski, MSN, RN, CAHIMS
• Vice President, Clinical Informatics—Long-Term Care Setting - Sylvia Rowe, MSN, RN-BC, LNHA
• C-Suite
• Chief Nursing Informatics Officer—Inpatient/Ambulatory Care Setting - Mark Sugrue, RN-BC, FHIMSS, CPHIMS
• Chief Nursing Information Officer—Healthcare System - Patricia Mook, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
• Consulting
• Nursing Informatics Consultant—Software Company - Patricia Foley Daly, DNP, RN-BC
• Nursing Informatics Consultant—Consulting Company - Lisa Anne Bove, DNP, RN-BC
• Government & Policy
• Policy Analyst - Darryl W. Roberts, PhD, MS, RN
• Former Deputy National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT - Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FAAN
• Afterword - Willa Fields, RN, DNSc, FHIMSS
• Appendix
• Chapter 1 Case Study: Career Options for Nurses Working with Informatics 115
• Chapter 2 Case Study: Using Standards Development Processes to Establish Industry Baselines and Norms
• Chapter 3 Case Study: Using Kaizen to Improve Workflow and Clinical Documentation Post-EHR Implementation
• Chapter 4 Case Study: Healthcare Analytics—An Evolutionary Process
• Acronyms Used in This Book