Monday, December 28, 2009

Updates on the Informatics and Nursing textbook web site

The textbook support web site at http://dlthede.net/Informatics/AddtionsCorrect.html has been updated to include many of the informatics listserve conversation topics.  The updates are noted below.

Batteries
The issue of mobile computer carts and battery life remains a hot topic!  Batterystuff. A tutorial on all kinds of batteries supports information that in Chapter 2.  http://www.batterystuff.com/tutorial_battery.html

If you are don't have a basic understanding about batteries, you may want to begin with the How Stuff Works web site at http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm  and
Wikipedia on batteries. A very thorough explanation including estimates of length of discharge and life expectancy of various types. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity)

Review Site for the ANCC Informatics Certification Exam
Certification in Nursing Informatics was developed by graduate and post-graduate nursing informatics students at Duke University School of Nursing http://www.duke.edu/web/informatics/index.html . IThe topics addressed are Systems Life Cycle, Human Factors, Information Technology, Information Knowledge Management, Practice Trend Issues,  Models & Theories. 

Secondary Use of Data
Transforming healthcare through secondary use of health data. A 40 page 2009 report by Price-Waterhouse Coopers. You may need to register name etc., but the report is free. Presents an excellent case for secondary data use, includes guidelines. This information supplements Chapter 10.
http://www.medtechpublishing.com/pwc/Transforming-healthcare-through-secondary-use-of-health-data.pdf

Personal Health Records
Proceedings of the Post Conference of NI 2009 Reports on Personal Health Records. This compendium is a full treatise on many of the issues surrounding personal health records. Highly recommended. This information supplements information in Chapter 14.  http://www.uku.fi/vaitokset/2009/isbn978-951-27-1321-9.pdf

Meaningful Use
I anticipate the the topic of meaningful use will continue to be a very hot topic in 2010!  Meaningful Use and Beyond is a presentation by James C. Larson Dec 4, 2009 at the Northern Ohio Health Information Management Systems Society Fall Conference. This pdf file (MUandBeyond) provides an update, plus some of the objectives and support information in Chapter 21.  http://www.nohimss.org//Fall2009Presentations/Fall2009Presentations.htm

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