Preface vii Part 1 -- Nursing Informatics Technologies 1 1 Historical Perspective of Nursing Informatics * 3 2 Computer Hardware * 11 3 Advanced Hardware and mHealth * 25 4 Computer Software * 33 5 Open Source and Free Software * 47 6 Data and Data Processing * 65 7 Health Data Standards: Development, Harmonization, and Interoperability * 73 8 Standardized Nursing Terminologies * 87 9 Human-Computer Interaction * 99 10 Trustworthy Systems for Safe and Private Healthcare * 111 Part 2 -- System Life Cycle 127 11 System Life Cycle: A Framework * 129 12 System and Functional Testing * 153 13 System Life Cycle Tools * 163 14 Healthcare Project Management * 171 Part 3 -- Informatics Theory Standards-- Foundations of Nursing Informatics 181 15 The Practice Specialty of Nursing Informatics * 183 16 Nursing Informatics and Healthcare Policy * 205 Part 4 -- Nursing Informatics Leadership 229 17 The Role of the Nurse Executive in Information Technology Decision Making * 231 18 Establishing Nursing Informatics in Public Policy * 241 19 Communication Skills in Health IT, Building Strong Teams for Successful Health IT Outcomes * 253 20 Assessing the Vendors * 261 21 Nurse Scheduling and Credentialing Systems * 275 22 Informatics and the Healthcare Industry * 285 Part 5 -- Advanced Nursing Informatics in Practice 295 23 Structuring Advanced Practice Knowledge: An Internet Resource for Education and Practice * 297 24 Nursing Informatics in Retail Clinics * 307 25 Care Delivery Across the Care Continuum: Hospital-Community-Home * 317 26 Foundation of a Nursing Plan of Care Standard * 329 27 Computerized Provider Order Entry * 341 28 Physiological Monitoring and Device Interface * 351 29 Health Information Technology: Striving to Improve Patient Safety * 361 30 The Role of Technology in the Medication-Use Process * 371 31 The Magnet Model * 391 32 Public Health Practice Applications * 397 33 Informatics Solutions for Emergency Planning and Response * 409 34 Federal Healthcare Sector Nursing Informatics * 419 35 Consumer/Patient Engagement and eHealth Resources * 433 Part 6 -- Nursing Informatics--Complex Applications 443 36 Healthcare Analytics * 445 37 Planning, Design, and Implementation of Information Technology in Complex Healthcare Systems * 455 38 The Quality Spectrum in Informatics * 465 39 Translation of Evidence into Nursing Practice * 479 40 Improving Healthcare Quality and Patient Outcomes Through the Integration of Evidence-Based Practice and Informatics * 493 41 Incorporating Evidence: Use of Computer-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems for Health Professionals * 505 vi Contents Part 7 -- Educational Applications 515 42 Nursing Curriculum Reform and Healthcare Information Technology * 517 43 The TIGER Initiative * 529 44 Initiation and Management of Accessible, Effective Online Learning * 537 45 Social Media in the Connected Age: Impact on Healthcare Education and Practice * 549 46 A Paradigm Shift in Simulation: Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds * 563 Part 8 -- Research Applications 575 47 Computer Use in Nursing Research * 577 48 Information Literacy and Computerized Information Resources * 599 Part 9 -- Big Data Initiatives 613 49 Genomics and Information Technology for Personalized Health * 615 50 Global eHealth and Informatics * 629 Index * 639.